SRONDOIRE HYDRO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC471731 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-05
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 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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 11.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-08-07
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  4. 2023-03-02
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  5. 2023-02-16
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  6. 2022-11-11
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  7. 2021-07-05
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  8. 2020-11-18
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  9. 2019-12-10
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-11-05
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  11. 2018-09-18
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  12. 2018-07-24
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    officers · AP03
  13. 2018-07-16
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    MCELHINNEY, Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  14. 2017-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-10
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  16. 2017-08-10
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2017-08-10
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2017-07-31
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    LITHGOW, Sarah Elizabeth Landale appointed
    director
  19. 2017-07-31
    ➖
    WISHART, Alastair resigned
    secretary
  20. 2017-07-31
    ➖
    WISHART, Alastair William Chisholm resigned
    director
  21. 2014-10-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2014-09-16
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    BROADFOOT, Duncan Collins appointed
    director
  23. 2014-09-16
    ➕
    BROADFOOT, Mary Katherine appointed
    director
  24. 2014-09-16
    ➕
    WISHART, Alastair appointed
    secretary
  25. 2014-09-16
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    WISHART, Alastair William Chisholm appointed
    director
  26. 2014-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As SRONDOIRE HYDRO LIMITED
  27. 2014-03-05
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    LITHGOW, John Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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.)

Group structure

Inver Renewables Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Inver Renewables Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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SRONDOIRE HYDRO LIMITED
This company · SC471731

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Inver Renewables Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Alexander Lithgowceased 01/01/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Netherton
Langbank
Port Glasgow
Renfrewshire
PA14 6YG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

MCELHINNEY, Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2018-07-16
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Active
BROADFOOT, Duncan Collins→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-09-16
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Active
BROADFOOT, Mary Katherine→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-09-16
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Active
LITHGOW, John Alexander→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-03-05
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Active
LITHGOW, Sarah Elizabeth Landale→
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-07-31
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Active
WISHART, Alastair→
secretary · appointed 2014-09-16 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
WISHART, Alastair William Chisholm→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-09-16 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—07/10/2014—
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-03-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16