AWS RENEWABLES LTD
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £100 | £100 |
| Cash | £100 | £100 |
| Net assets | £100 | £100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-12-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2008-12-02🏢Company incorporatedAs AWS RENEWABLES LTD
- 2008-12-02➕SINCLAIR, Julia Eileen appointedsecretary
- 2008-12-02➕SINCLAIR, William Mackay appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Mackay Sinclair Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Other · KW postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAITHNESS & SUTHERLAND VINTAGE & CLASSIC VEHICLE CLUB LTD→ SC102614 · est 1986 | — | — | £11.1k | — | 39y | 81 | 91y |
| LIFE CHURCH ORKNEY LIMITED→ SC256703 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | 81 | 79y |
| ORKNEY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION LTD.→ SC218319 · est 2001 | — | — | £9.9k | — | 25y | 81 | 75y |
| ORKNEY RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM→ SC287437 · est 2005 | — | — | — | 1000 | 20y | 81 | 74y |
| ORKNEY TODAY LIMITED→ SC253080 · est 2003 | — | — | — | 0 | 22y | 81 | 75y |
| ROUSAY, EGILSAY AND WYRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST→ SC318527 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | 81 | 78y |
| STROMNESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST→ SC305725 · est 2006 | — | — | — | 1100 | 19y | 81 | 69y |
| BRUCE MARINE LLP→ SO306707 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| G.C. & A.C. STOUT LLP→ SO302929 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| JOHN ANDERSON & PARTNERS→ SL001212 · est 1988 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
| MOVE ORKNEY CIC→ SC752311 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ORKNEY VINTAGE CLUB→ SC244947 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.