GILKES ENERGY (EDERLINE HYDRO) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC428097 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-11
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£10.0k
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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
49 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,001
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£9k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£10.0k£10.0k
Current assets£9.4k£9.4k
Cash£6.5k£7.3k
Debtors£2.9k£2.1k
Net assets£10.0k£10.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2023-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-13
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  14. 2019-01-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2019-01-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-01-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-12-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2018-12-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2012-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As GILKES ENERGY (EDERLINE HYDRO) LIMITED
  20. 2012-07-11
    ➕
    CREWDSON, Charles William Nepean appointed
    director
  21. 2012-07-11
    ➕
    CROMPTON, Carl Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Gilkes Hydro Projects Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
🏛️
C T Hydro Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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GILKES ENERGY (EDERLINE HYDRO) LIMITED
This company · SC428097

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gilkes Hydro Projects Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control28/01/2019
C T Hydro Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/06/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Holdings Limited ceased 28/01/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Limitedceased 11/12/2018· 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
Incorporated2012-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

C/O Brodies Llp Capital Square
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CREWDSON, Charles William Nepean→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-07-11
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Active
CROMPTON, Carl Peter→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-07-11
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Active

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24