HENDERSTON RENEWABLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC512310 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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 Aug 2025
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 10.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (87/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 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
27 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.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees400400400

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2015-12-17
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Close Leasing Limited
  15. 2015-12-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2015-12-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2015-12-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Close Leasing Limited
  18. 2015-12-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Close Leasing Limited
  19. 2015-12-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Close Leasing Limited
  20. 2015-08-04
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    Company incorporated
    As HENDERSTON RENEWABLES LIMITED
  21. 2015-08-04
    ➕
    CATTO, Gavin appointed
    director
  22. 2015-08-04
    ➕
    MCCALL, Andrew Lockhart appointed
    director
  23. 2015-08-04
    ➕
    MCCALL, Ian Harold Lockhart appointed
    director
  24. 2015-08-04
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Cameron 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 77 — 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 77 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Mccall Energy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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Green Cat Renewable Developments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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HENDERSTON RENEWABLES LIMITED
This company · SC512310

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mccall Energy Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · firm interest06/04/2016
Green Cat Renewable Developments Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-08-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

64 West High Street
Forfar
DD8 1BJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CATTO, Gavin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-08-04
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Active
MCCALL, Andrew Lockhart→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-08-04
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Active
MCCALL, Ian Harold Lockhart→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-08-04
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Cameron→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-08-04
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Close Leasing
Close Leasing Limited
A registered charge1 property17/12/2015—
outstanding
Close Leasing
Close Leasing Limited
A registered charge1 property09/12/2015—
outstanding
Close Leasing
Close Leasing Limited
A registered charge1 property09/12/2015—
outstanding
Close Leasing
Close Leasing Limited
A registered charge1 property09/12/2015—
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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18