SLIPPERFIELD WIND LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC515424 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-11

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 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£21.8k

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.4y

75/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £3,581

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Turnover	£21.8k	—
Gross profit	£21.8k	—
Operating profit	£2.1k	—
Profit before tax	£-3.6k	—
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand

2025-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-10
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mortgage · MR01
2015-12-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-09-11
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Company incorporated
As SLIPPERFIELD WIND LTD
2015-09-11
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DYKES, Hamish John appointed
director
2015-09-11
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DYKES, Susan Hendry appointed
director
2015-09-11
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+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

41/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Hamish John Dykes Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/09/2016
Mrs Susan Hendry Dykes Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-09-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

South Slipperfield Farm

West Linton

EH46 7AA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DYKES, Hamish John→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-09-11

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DYKES, Susan Hendry→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-09-11

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	03/12/2015	—

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