ACHNACREEBEAG ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC380347 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-15

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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, 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

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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2024-11-21
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2023-11-23
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2022-12-05
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2021-11-22
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2020-12-16
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2019-12-19
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2019-01-08
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2018-12-10
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2017-10-19
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2016-11-04
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2016-06-28
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2015-10-12
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2015-06-29
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2014-07-09
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2014-06-30
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2010-06-28
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BAIRD, Karen appointed
secretary
2010-06-28
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BAIRD, Duncan Robert appointed
director
2010-06-28
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BAIRD, Karen appointed
director
2010-06-28
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CAMPBELL, Bruce Alexander appointed
director
2010-06-28
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CAMPBELL, Jean Mary appointed
director
2010-06-28
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MACPHEE & PARTNERS resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-06-28
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BELL, Jonathan Richard Miles resigned
director
2010-06-28
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MACPHEE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2010-06-15
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Company incorporated
As ACHNACREEBEAG ENERGY LIMITED
2010-06-15
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MACPHEE & PARTNERS appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-06-15
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BELL, Jonathan Richard Miles appointed
director
2010-06-15
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MACPHEE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Duncan Robert Baird Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Karen Baird Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Bruce Alexander Campbell Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Jean Mary Campbell Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-06-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Craiglora Cottage (Office)

Connel

Oban

PA37 1PH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-29

Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

BAIRD, Karen→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-28

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Active

BAIRD, Duncan Robert→

director · ~67y · appointed 2010-06-28

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Active

BAIRD, Karen→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-06-28

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Active

CAMPBELL, Bruce Alexander→

director · ~64y · appointed 2010-06-28

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Active

CAMPBELL, Jean Mary→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-06-28

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Active

MACPHEE & PARTNERS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-06-15 · resigned 2010-06-28

Resigned

BELL, Jonathan Richard Miles→

director · ~55y · appointed 2010-06-15 · resigned 2010-06-28

Resigned

MACPHEE NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2010-06-15 · resigned 2010-06-28

Resigned

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