BIRNIE GOWKHILL ENERGY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC490804 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-07
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.08M
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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
35 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 £1,083,505
Cash YoY
+95%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£649k
↑ 95% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£217k£433k£650k£867k£1.1mDec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£649.2k£332.9k£96.5k
Net assets£1.08M£888.7k£654.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-08-22
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-08-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-07-18
    ➕
    WEST, David appointed
    director
  17. 2017-07-18
    ➕
    WEST, George Robertson appointed
    director
  18. 2017-07-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-07-12
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    BIRNIE, Eileen Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2015-10-30
    ➕
    BIRNIE, Eileen Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2014-11-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BIRNIE GOWKHILL ENERGY LTD
  22. 2014-11-07
    ➕
    BIRNIE, Harry Malcolm appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BIRNIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Incorporated2014-11-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

East Gowkhill
Maud
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 5SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

BIRNIE, Eileen Ann→
secretary · appointed 2015-10-30
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Active
BIRNIE, Eileen Ann→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-07-12
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Active
BIRNIE, Harry Malcolm→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-11-07
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Active
WEST, David→
director · ~74y · appointed 2017-07-18
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Active
WEST, George Robertson→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-07-18
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Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-12