SELCOTH RENEWABLES LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC378652 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-18

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£951.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £951,903

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£952k

↑ 1.3% YoY

Current Assets

£375k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£1.05M	£1.04M
Current assets	£375.5k	£438.0k
Net assets	£951.9k	£939.6k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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accounts · AA
2025-05-15
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accounts · AA
2025-04-08
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ROUTLEDGE, Amie Jane appointed
director
2025-04-08
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officers · AP01
2024-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-10-25
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accounts · AA
2017-04-24
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capital · SH10
2017-04-24
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capital · SH08
2017-04-24
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2017-04-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2012-02-24
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ROUTLEDGE, Oliver Myles appointed
director
2010-05-18
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Company incorporated
As SELCOTH RENEWABLES LTD
2010-05-18
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ROUTLEDGE, Peter Bryan appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROUTLEDGE, Amie Jane (same surname) appointed 2025-04-08. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Bryan Routledge Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Oliver Myles Routledgeceased 01/06/2018· 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

Incorporated2010-05-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Mid Fearn

Cottage

Ardgay

Sutherland

IV24 3DL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-01

Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ROUTLEDGE, Amie Jane→

director · ~43y · appointed 2025-04-08

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ROUTLEDGE, Oliver Myles→

director · ~47y · appointed 2012-02-24

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ROUTLEDGE, Peter Bryan→

director · ~74y · appointed 2010-05-18

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