HILLHEAD WIND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC410373 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-01
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£386.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £386,433
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,561 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£386k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£74k
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£83k£166k£250k£333k£416kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£386.4k£416.0k
Current assets£74.4k£69.9k
Net assets£386.4k£416.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-05-07
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  3. 2023-07-06
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  4. 2022-05-16
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  5. 2021-04-26
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  6. 2020-11-02
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    address · AD02
  7. 2020-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-11-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-06-06
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  11. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2017-11-01
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  13. 2017-11-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-16
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  16. 2016-12-16
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-11-26
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    WILLIAMSON, Alistair John Balfour appointed
    director
  18. 2011-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As HILLHEAD WIND LIMITED
  19. 2011-11-01
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    DOWLE, Christopher Jeremy appointed
    director
  20. 2011-11-01
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    RATTER, William Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Christopher Jeremy Dowle
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Andrew Ratterceased 06/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2011-11-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Gaets A Voe
Ollaberry
Shetland
ZE2 9RX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DOWLE, Christopher Jeremy→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-11-01
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Active
RATTER, William Andrew→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-11-01
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Active
WILLIAMSON, Alistair John Balfour→
director · ~80y · appointed 2016-11-26
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Active

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2020-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-09