NORTH TALISKER HYDRO COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC475428 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 14 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
45 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  4. 2024-02-09
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-02-08
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    GILLIES, Kenneth John resigned
    director
  6. 2024-02-08
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    MACKAY, Donald John resigned
    director
  7. 2023-09-04
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  8. 2023-06-03
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  9. 2023-01-05
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  10. 2023-01-03
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  11. 2023-01-03
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  13. 2023-01-03
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  14. 2022-09-27
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  15. 2022-05-31
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    MACKAY, John appointed
    director
  16. 2022-05-31
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    MORRISON, Angus appointed
    director
  17. 2022-05-31
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    THOMAS, Benjamin Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2022-05-31
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    BROOKE, Samuel Truman resigned
    director
  19. 2022-05-31
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    GILLIES, Kenneth John appointed
    director
  20. 2022-05-31
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    MACKAY, Donald John appointed
    director
  21. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  22. 2020-12-31
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  23. 2019-10-04
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  24. 2019-10-04
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  25. 2019-10-04
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  26. 2019-10-04
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  27. 2019-10-04
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  28. 2019-05-10
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    MCINTYRE, Cheryl Dee appointed
    director
  29. 2019-05-10
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    FERGUSON, Finlay resigned
    director
  30. 2019-05-10
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    MACIVER, Elma Ann resigned
    director
  31. 2019-05-10
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Douglas Addison resigned
    director
  32. 2019-05-10
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    SKINNER, Vernon resigned
    director
  33. 2016-05-13
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    BROOKE, Samuel Truman appointed
    director
  34. 2014-08-12
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    MACKENZIE, Donald John resigned
    director
  35. 2014-07-28
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    MACINNES, Joan appointed
    director
  36. 2014-07-28
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    MORRISON, Norman appointed
    director
  37. 2014-07-28
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    FERGUSON, Finlay appointed
    director
  38. 2014-07-28
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    SKINNER, Vernon appointed
    director
  39. 2014-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As NORTH TALISKER HYDRO COMPANY LIMITED
  40. 2014-04-16
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    MACIVER, Elma Ann appointed
    director
  41. 2014-04-16
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    MACKENZIE, Donald John appointed
    director
  42. 2014-04-16
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    MACLEOD, Douglas Addison 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
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Incorporated2014-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

10 Waterloo Breakish
Isle Of Skye
IV42 8QE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last: 2025-04-16

Officers (6 active · 8 resigned)

MACINNES, Joan→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTYRE, Cheryl Dee→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Angus→
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Norman→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Benjamin Robert→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKE, Samuel Truman→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-05-13 · resigned 2022-05-31
Resigned
FERGUSON, Finlay→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-07-28 · resigned 2019-05-10
Resigned
GILLIES, Kenneth John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-05-31 · resigned 2024-02-08
Resigned
MACIVER, Elma Ann→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-04-16 · resigned 2019-05-10
Resigned
MACKAY, Donald John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-05-31 · resigned 2024-02-08
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Donald John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-04-16 · resigned 2014-08-12
Resigned
MACLEOD, Douglas Addison→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-04-16 · resigned 2019-05-10
Resigned
SKINNER, Vernon→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-07-28 · resigned 2019-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27