CROICK RENEWABLES LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC723736 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). 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 1.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 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
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-01-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Energiekontor UK LTD
  4. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-12
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  6. 2023-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-05-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-03-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2022-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CROICK RENEWABLES LIMITED
  14. 2022-02-21
    ➕
    HALL, Carol Susan appointed
    director
  15. 2022-02-21
    ➕
    HALL, James Douglas Ellis appointed
    director
  16. 2022-02-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2022-02-21
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
James Douglas Ellis Hall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/02/2022
Carol Susan Hall
Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/02/2022

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
Incorporated2022-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Croick House
Croick House
Ardgay
Sutherland
IV24 3BS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HALL, Carol Susan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2022-02-21
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Active
HALL, James Douglas Ellis→
director · ~72y · appointed 2022-02-21
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Energiekontor UK
Energiekontor UK LTD
A registered charge1 property16/01/2025—
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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-18