TRADEMARK RENEWABLES (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC824649 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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 acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 1.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 1.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-07-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-06-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  5. 2024-10-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-10-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-10-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-10-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-10-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2024-10-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  11. 2024-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As TRADEMARK RENEWABLES (SCOTLAND) LTD
  12. 2024-10-02
    CROMBIE, Emily Jean Marion appointed
    director
  13. 2024-10-02
    JOHNSTON, Robert Thomson appointed
    director
  14. 2024-10-02
    JOHNSTON, Wilma Marion appointed
    director
  15. 2024-10-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Emily Jean Marion Crombie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control02/10/2024

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
Incorporated2024-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Southfield Letham
Airth
Falkirk
FK2 8QH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CROMBIE, Emily Jean Marion
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-10-02
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Active
JOHNSTON, Robert Thomson
director · ~74y · appointed 2024-10-02
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Active
JOHNSTON, Wilma Marion
director · ~68y · appointed 2024-10-02
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property25/06/2025
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge25/10/2024
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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-02