COMMUNITY ENERGY SCOTLAND TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC349233 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-29

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.8y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

23 officers (6 active, 23 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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officers · AP01
2026-05-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-12
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ANDERSON, Colin George appointed
director
2026-05-12
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MATHESON, Gordon appointed
director
2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
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ADAM, Jamie Allan resigned
director
2025-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-13
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BIRD, Adrian James appointed
director
2023-03-08
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MACDONALD, Calum Alasdair appointed
director
2023-03-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-10
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MINTO, Paul resigned
director
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
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mortgage · MR01
2021-12-06
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-12-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-11-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Triodos Bank UK Limited
2021-06-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-01-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-09-11
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BROWN, John Flett, Dr resigned
director
2017-09-11
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NEWMAN, David resigned
director
2015-05-07
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ROBB, Charles Kenneth appointed
director
2014-11-26
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ADAM, Jamie Allan appointed
director
2014-11-24
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CAMPBELL, Craig resigned
director
2014-07-24
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NEWMAN, David appointed
director
2014-02-03
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RISBRIDGER, Colin David resigned
director
2013-05-03
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COOPER, William Henry Alister resigned
director
2013-04-18
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CAMPBELL, Craig appointed
director
2012-10-04
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PRIDDY, Jonathan Mark resigned
director
2011-09-26
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WALKER-KNOWLES, Laura Kate appointed
secretary
2011-08-30
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BURNETT, Robert Halliday resigned
secretary
2011-08-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Social Investment Scotland
2011-06-16
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COOPER, William Henry Alister appointed
director
2011-06-16
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MINTO, Paul appointed
director
2010-12-08
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CAMPBELL, Craig resigned
director
2010-12-08
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KIRBY, Cecilia Ann resigned
director
2010-07-28
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SHEDDEN, John Kerr resigned
director
2010-02-23
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BURNETT, Robert Halliday appointed
secretary
2010-02-23
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O'HARA, Marion resigned
secretary
2010-02-23
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PRIDDY, Jonathan Mark appointed
director
2009-12-03
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CAMPBELL, Craig appointed
director
2009-12-03
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RISBRIDGER, Colin David appointed
director
2009-11-25
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CARTWRIGHT, Ian Peter George resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 62 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Community Energy Scotland Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Community Energy Scotland Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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COMMUNITY ENERGY SCOTLAND TRADING LIMITED

This company · SC349233

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Community Energy Scotland Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	31/10/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Jamie Allan Adamsceased 31/10/2016· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-09-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

67a Castle Street

Inverness

IV2 3DU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-02

Last: 2026-01-19