GLENAMPLE HYDRO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED

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SC658316 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£366.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £366,332

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£50k
Net Worth
£366k
Current Assets
£111k
Current Liabilities
£0£73k£147k£220k£293k£366kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£485.4k
Current assets£110.6k
Cash£49.9k
Debtors£60.6k
Net assets£366.3k
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GLENAMPLE HYDRO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
  9. 2020-03-26
    CATTO, Gavin appointed
    director
  10. 2020-03-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Green Cat Renewable Developments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Green Cat Renewable Developments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
GLENAMPLE HYDRO ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC658316

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Green Cat Renewable Developments Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/03/2020

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
Incorporated2020-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Stobo House
Midlothian Innovation Centre
Roslin
Midlothian
EH25 9RE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CATTO, Gavin
director · ~56y · appointed 2020-03-26
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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-03-26