CARSPHAIRN RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC359237 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-05-07

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 opening · medium confidence

More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 85 → 75

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

↓Hygiene score: 85 → 75

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 May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Fund management activities

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

33 officers (9 active, 33 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

99 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

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2026-05-19
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officers · TM01
2026-05-18
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MCCREATH, William resigned
director
2026-02-26
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accounts · AA
2026-02-12
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officers · TM01
2026-02-12
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officers · TM01
2026-02-11
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HARRIS, Derek resigned
director
2026-02-11
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HOLMES, Elizabeth Evangeline resigned
director
2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2025-02-14
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officers · TM01
2025-02-12
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ANSELL, Michael William George resigned
director
2024-11-19
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officers · AP01
2024-11-13
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MCCLUNE, Alice Neilina appointed
director
2024-08-22
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officers · AP01
2024-08-22
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officers · AP01
2024-08-21
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ADE, Sarah Roshana appointed
director
2024-08-21
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WALL, Tom Cameron appointed
director
2024-05-14
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officers · TM01
2024-05-13
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AKBAR, Yasmin resigned
director
2024-02-26
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accounts · AA
2023-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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officers · TM01
2021-11-11
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COWLEY, Steven Ronald resigned
director
2021-08-16
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accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-25
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officers · TM02
2021-04-25
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officers · AP03
2021-04-23
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CLARK KENNEDY, Alexander Rory appointed
secretary
2021-04-23
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MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas resigned
secretary
2021-01-19
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officers · AP01
2021-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-02
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ANSELL, Michael William George appointed
director
2020-10-12
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HALL, Henry resigned
director
2020-08-12
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HARRIS, Derek appointed
director
2019-11-13
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GIBBON, David Christopher resigned
director
2019-01-25
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METCALF, Andrew Robert appointed
director
2017-09-14
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AKBAR, Yasmin appointed
director
2017-08-09
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CHALLIS, Darren Alistair appointed
director
2017-08-09
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SEED, Rachel Mary Goldie resigned
secretary
2017-08-09
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RUTHERFORD, Anne resigned
director
2017-08-09
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SEED, Rachel Mary Goldie resigned
director
2016-11-09
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HALL, Henry appointed
director
2016-08-10
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HOLMES, Elizabeth Evangeline appointed
director
2016-02-17
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HOLDEN, Martin Roy resigned
director
2015-11-11
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METCALF, Andrew Robert resigned
director
2015-11-11
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PARRY, Nicholas Stewart Pryce resigned
director
2015-05-14
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CAMPBELL, Linda resigned
secretary
2015-05-14
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SEED, Rachel Mary Goldie appointed
secretary
2015-05-08
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KENNEDY, Alexander Rory Clark appointed
director
2015-05-08
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SEED, Rachel Mary Goldie appointed
director
2014-06-08
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CAMPBELL, Linda appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HARRIS, Derek resigned 2026-02-11; HOLMES, Elizabeth Evangeline resigned 2026-02-11; MCCREATH, William resigned 2026-05-18

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2009-05-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

Knockgray Farm

Carsphairn

Castle Douglas

DG7 3TF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-21

Last: 2026-05-07