PULARYAN BURN HYDRO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC438583 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-11
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
£17.5k
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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
42 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 £17,473
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,308 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£17k
↓ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£11k£17k£23k£28kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£17.5k£28.5k
Current assets£23.5k£28.5k
Net assets£17.5k£18.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    MITCHELL, Alan William resigned
    director
  2. 2026-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-01-11
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  11. 2017-11-27
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  12. 2016-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-21
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  15. 2015-05-07
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  16. 2015-05-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2013-12-12
    ➕
    MCKNIGHT, Eileen Margaret appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-12-12
    ➕
    MCKNIGHT, Eileen Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2013-12-12
    ➕
    MCKNIGHT, Ian James appointed
    director
  20. 2013-12-12
    ➕
    MITCHELL, James appointed
    director
  21. 2013-12-12
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2013-12-12
    ➖
    BELL, Adrian Edward Robert resigned
    director
  23. 2013-12-12
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Alan William appointed
    director
  24. 2013-12-12
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2012-12-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PULARYAN BURN HYDRO LIMITED
  26. 2012-12-11
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2012-12-11
    ➕
    BELL, Adrian Edward Robert appointed
    director
  28. 2012-12-11
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Pularyan
New Luce
Newton Stewart
Wigtownshire
DG8 0AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MCKNIGHT, Eileen Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2013-12-12
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Active
MCKNIGHT, Eileen Margaret→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-12-12
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Active
MCKNIGHT, Ian James→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-12-11 · resigned 2013-12-12
Resigned
BELL, Adrian Edward Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-12-11 · resigned 2013-12-12
Resigned
MITCHELL, Alan William→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-12-12 · resigned 2026-04-15
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2012-12-11 · resigned 2013-12-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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officers · TM01
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-11