BLARGHOUR POWER COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC136174 · ltd · incorporated 1992-01-24

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

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 33.7y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 33.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

138 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3	300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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Charge satisfied #11
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Charge satisfied #9
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2024-10-17
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Charge satisfied #6
2024-04-10
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2023-12-11
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2021-11-16
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2021-10-28
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O'KEEFFE, Catriona Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2021-10-28
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CRAWFORD, Isabella resigned
secretary
2021-05-25
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CRAWFORD, Isabella resigned
director
2020-12-10
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2013-06-12
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
2013-06-11
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
2013-06-11
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
2013-06-11
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
2012-11-01
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Charge satisfied #5
2012-07-18
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Triodos Bank Nv
2012-04-17
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Charge satisfied #4
2012-04-11
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
2012-01-24
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Charge satisfied #3
2012-01-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-06-23
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CRAWFORD, Ernest John Ewing resigned
director
1998-10-23
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BIRD, Isobel Maria appointed
director
1998-10-23
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MACKINNON, Elspeth appointed
director
1998-10-23
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O'KEEFFE, Catriona Elizabeth appointed
director
1997-10-09
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1997-09-15
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1997-02-27
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GREY, Simon Temple resigned
director
1997-02-27
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WRIGHT, David Niall resigned
director
1995-02-17
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MACKIE, Lee Patrick resigned
director
1994-11-02
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MACKIE, Lee Patrick appointed
director
1993-06-07
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hydro Leasing Limited, Glenfield Works, Queens Drive Kilmarnock
1992-08-25
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CRAWFORD, Isabella appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-01-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

5 Whitefriars Crescent

Perth

PH2 0PA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-24

Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

O'KEEFFE, Catriona Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2021-10-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BIRD, Isobel Maria→

director · ~63y · appointed 1998-10-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACKINNON, Elspeth→

director · ~58y · appointed 1998-10-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

O'KEEFFE, Catriona Elizabeth→

director · ~63y · appointed 1998-10-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CRAWFORD, Isabella→

secretary · appointed 1992-08-25 · resigned 2021-10-28

Resigned

MACKIE, Lee Patrick→

secretary · appointed 1992-01-24 · resigned 1992-08-25

Resigned

CRAWFORD, Ernest John Ewing→

director · ~98y · appointed 1992-08-25 · resigned 2005-06-23

Resigned

CRAWFORD, Isabella→

director · ~88y · appointed 1992-08-25 · resigned 2021-05-25

Resigned

GREY, Simon Temple→

director · ~64y · appointed 1992-01-24 · resigned 1997-02-27

Resigned

MACKIE, Lee Patrick→

director · ~65y · appointed 1994-11-02 · resigned 1995-02-17

Resigned

WRIGHT, David Niall→

director · ~68y · appointed 1992-01-24 · resigned 1997-02-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Triodos Bank N.V.	A registered charge	1 property	12/06/2013	17/10/2024
satisfied	Triodos Bank N.V.	A registered charge	1 property	11/06/2013	17/10/2024
satisfied	Triodos Bank N.V.	A registered charge	1 property	11/06/2013	17/10/2024
satisfied	Triodos Bank N.V.	A registered charge	1 property	11/06/2013	17/10/2024
satisfied	Triodos Bank Nv	Standard security	1 property	18/07/2012	17/10/2024
satisfied	Triodos Bank N.V.	Bond & floating charge	1 property	11/04/2012	17/10/2024
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	09/10/1997	01/11/2012
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	15/09/1997	17/04/2012
satisfied	Hydro Leasing , Glenfield Works, Queens Drive Kilmarnock Hydro Leasing Limited, Glenfield Works, Queens Drive Kilmarnock	Standard security	1 property	07/06/1993	24/01/2012
satisfied	Hydro Leasing Hydro Leasing Limited	Bond & floating charge	1 property	25/08/1992	24/01/2012

Recent filings (138 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-18

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accounts · AA

2025-12-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-04

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC08

2024-11-05

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-10-17

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-10-17

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mortgage · MR04

2024-10-17

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mortgage · MR04

2024-10-17

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mortgage · MR04

2024-10-17

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mortgage · MR04

2024-10-17

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mortgage · MR04

2024-10-17

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mortgage · MR04

2024-10-17

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officers · CH01

2024-04-10

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-13