CASTLE OF AUCHRY WINDFARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC364080 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-17

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.41M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 13.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (87/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (7 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,407,330

Cash YoY

-23%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£167k

↓ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Assets

£553k

↑ 70% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£1.71M	£1.64M	£1.37M
Current assets	£553.4k	£326.0k	£340.0k
Cash	£167.1k	£217.5k	£136.4k
Debtors	£386.3k	£108.5k	£203.6k
Net assets	£1.41M	£1.31M	£1.02M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-05-08
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2023-06-27
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2023-06-08
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2022-06-24
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2021-09-28
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2021-08-17
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2021-08-17
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2020-07-07
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2019-06-27
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2018-08-20
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2018-07-01
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MACRAE, Pamela Margaret appointed
director
2018-07-01
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SMITH, Yvonne Phyliss appointed
director
2012-09-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Rubislaw (Xx) Limited
2011-06-10
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INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-06-10
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HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-12-01
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MACRAE, Stewart David appointed
director
2009-12-01
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PIRIE, Brian Gordon appointed
director
2009-12-01
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PIRIE, Lesley Anne appointed
director
2009-12-01
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SMITH, Kevin Alexander appointed
director
2009-12-01
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COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer resigned
director
2009-08-17
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Company incorporated
As CASTLE OF AUCHRY WINDFARM LIMITED
2009-08-17
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HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-08-17
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COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 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 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

Castle Of Auchry Windfarm (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Castle Of Auchry Windfarm (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CASTLE OF AUCHRY WINDFARM LIMITED

This company · SC364080

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
Castle Of Auchry Windfarm (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/03/2021

5 historic (ceased) PSCs

Pamela Margaret Macraeceased 01/03/2021· 25-50% shares
Yvonne Phyliss Smithceased 01/03/2021· 25-50% shares
Mrs Lesley Anne Pirieceased 01/03/2021· 25-50% shares
Mr Stewart David Macraeceased 01/07/2018· 25-50% shares
Mr Kevin Alexander Smithceased 01/07/2018· 25-50% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-08-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Castle Of Auchry

Cuminestown

Turriff

Aberdeenshire

AB53 5UR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last: 2025-08-17