SCOTFLOW RENEWABLE ENERGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC376912 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-25.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £25,852

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£26k
↓ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£358
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£26k-£21k-£15k-£10k-£4k£860Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-25.9k£-25.2k
Current assets£358£860
Net assets£-25.9k£-25.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-04-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-21
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  5. 2023-06-29
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  6. 2022-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-08-23
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  8. 2021-08-13
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  9. 2021-07-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2020-04-18
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    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2020-04-15
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-31
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    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2019-07-30
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    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2019-07-02
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    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2019-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-07
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    FISHER, Peter resigned
    director
  18. 2010-04-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SCOTFLOW RENEWABLE ENERGY LIMITED
  19. 2010-04-15
    ➕
    GUNN, Alan appointed
    director
  20. 2010-04-15
    ➕
    FISHER, Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Alan Gunn
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan Gunnceased 01/04/2026· significant influence

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
Incorporated2010-04-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Tralorn
Battery Road
Castletown
Caithness
KW14 8TF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

GUNN, Alan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-04-15
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Active
FISHER, Peter→
director · ~77y · appointed 2010-04-15 · resigned 2017-09-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13