MILNE WRIGHT LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC513692 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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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 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-07-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-18
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-07
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    capital · SH08
  7. 2023-03-07
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2023-03-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2023-03-07
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2023-03-07
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2022-04-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-20
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2021-04-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Brookfield Renewable UK Limited
  15. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-30
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  17. 2018-05-30
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  18. 2015-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As MILNE WRIGHT LTD
  19. 2015-08-21
    ➕
    FISHER, John Milne appointed
    director
  20. 2015-08-21
    ➕
    FISHER, Rosemary 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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 John Milne Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rosemary Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2015-08-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Meikle Larbrax Farm
Leswalt
Stranraer
Wigtownshire
DG9 0RR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FISHER, John Milne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-08-21
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Active
FISHER, Rosemary→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-08-21
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Brookfield Renewable UK
Brookfield Renewable UK Limited
A registered charge2 properties19/04/2021—
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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-03-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-21