STRONACHULLIN RENEWABLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC473107 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.48M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £1,480,344

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£1.4m
↑ 59% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£296k£592k£888k£1.2m£1.5mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.48M£969.2k
Current assets£1.38M£870.1k
Net assets£1.48M£969.2k

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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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2025-07-29
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-07-24
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  4. 2025-07-24
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  11. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-11-12
    ➕
    BROADFOOT, Mary Katherine appointed
    director
  17. 2014-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As STRONACHULLIN RENEWABLES LIMITED
  18. 2014-03-21
    ➕
    BROADFOOT, Duncan Collins appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Duncan Collins Broadfoot
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Mary Katherine Broadfoot
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

- Stronachullin
Ardrishaig
Lochgilphead
Argyll
PA30 8ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BROADFOOT, Duncan Collins→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-03-21
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BROADFOOT, Mary Katherine→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-11-12
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Recent filings (31 total)

memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-29
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-07-24
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07