BENZIES RENEWABLE POWER LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC352727 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£3.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,020,013
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£217k
↓ 8.0% YoY
Net Worth
£3.0m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£604k£1.2m£1.8m£2.4m£3.0mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£3.28M£3.00M
Current assets£2.53M£2.18M
Cash£216.9k£235.7k
Debtors£2.32M£1.94M
Net assets£3.02M£2.65M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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  2. 2025-01-17
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  3. 2024-05-27
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  4. 2023-10-25
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-02-14
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  7. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-05
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  9. 2021-02-22
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  10. 2021-02-22
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  11. 2021-02-22
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  12. 2021-02-22
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  13. 2021-02-15
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  14. 2020-02-27
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  15. 2019-10-04
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  16. 2018-12-07
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  17. 2018-02-23
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  18. 2014-10-07
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2014-10-03
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2014-07-22
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    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2014-07-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2010-08-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Co-Operative Bank PLC
  23. 2010-08-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Co-Operative Bank PLC
  24. 2008-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BENZIES RENEWABLE POWER LTD.
  25. 2008-12-19
    ➕
    BENZIE, Hazel Mary appointed
    secretary
  26. 2008-12-19
    ➕
    BENZIE, Hazel Mary appointed
    director
  27. 2008-12-19
    ➕
    BENZIE, Philip Ewan appointed
    director
  28. 2008-12-19
    ➕
    DUGUID, Charles James appointed
    director
  29. 2008-12-19
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2008-12-19
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2008-12-19
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  32. 2008-12-19
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BENZIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Ewan Benzie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-12-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Gairnieston
,
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 5RP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BENZIE, Hazel Mary→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-19
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Active
BENZIE, Hazel Mary→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENZIE, Philip Ewan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUGUID, Charles James→
director · ~37y · appointed 2008-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-12-19 · resigned 2008-12-19
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-12-19 · resigned 2008-12-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property07/10/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property03/10/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—16/07/2014—
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative Bank PLC
Standard security1 property09/08/2010—
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property06/08/201022/07/2014
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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-22