FOREST ENERGY (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC436534 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees5200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-01-16
    ➕
    GAFFNEY, Scott appointed
    director
  5. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-01
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    mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  9. 2021-11-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2019-01-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Newtyle Property Company
  18. 2018-11-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-11-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2012-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As FOREST ENERGY (SCOTLAND) LTD
  21. 2012-11-09
    ➕
    LINTON, Bruce Reid appointed
    director
  22. 2012-11-09
    ➕
    MULHOLLAND, Philip 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 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Mulholland
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/11/2016
Mr Bruce Reid Linton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/11/2016

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
Incorporated2012-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Findlays
11 Dudhope Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6TS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GAFFNEY, Scott→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-01-16
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Active
LINTON, Bruce Reid→
director · ~73y · appointed 2012-11-09
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Active
MULHOLLAND, Philip→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-11-09
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Newtyle Property Company / Nigel Kenneth Cayzer as General Partner Therof
A registered charge1 property28/01/2019—
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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-11