HIGH MILTON GREEN ENERGY LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC394930 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-07

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

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year to May 2025

Net worth

£168.6k

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 with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £168,624

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£169k

↑ 6.6% YoY

Current Assets

£97k

↑ 311% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£170.8k	£160.2k
Current assets	£96.5k	£23.5k
Net assets	£168.6k	£158.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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2011-03-07
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Company incorporated
As HIGH MILTON GREEN ENERGY LTD.
2011-03-07
➕
ROBINSON, Iain Robert appointed
director
2011-03-07
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ROBINSON, William Barry appointed
director
2011-03-07
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-03-07
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-03-07
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2011-03-07
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Barry Robinson Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Iain Robert Robinson Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2011-03-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

High Milton Farm

Elrig

Newton Stewart

Wigtownshire

DG8 9RE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ROBINSON, Iain Robert→

director · ~77y · appointed 2011-03-07

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Active

ROBINSON, William Barry→

director · ~75y · appointed 2011-03-07

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2011-03-07

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2011-03-07

Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

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2025-04-07

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officers · CH01

2025-04-07

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