EDINBANE ESTATE WIND FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC166590 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-26

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 22.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£41.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.0y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

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

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 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

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £41,054

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£41k

↑ 44% YoY

Current Assets

£82k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£43.0k	£30.6k
Current assets	£81.7k	£62.9k
Net assets	£41.1k	£28.5k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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2025-02-06
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2024-02-07
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accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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MACLEOD, Alan Hamish appointed
director
2024-01-16
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officers · AP01
2023-06-30
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MACDONALD, Andrew Kenneth resigned
director
2023-06-30
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address · AD01
2023-06-30
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2023-06-30
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2023-06-30
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2023-02-07
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accounts · AA
2022-02-17
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accounts · AA
2021-09-06
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2020-12-17
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accounts · AA
2020-01-07
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accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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officers · AP01
2019-08-23
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SHANKS, William James appointed
director
2019-07-02
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officers · TM01
2019-07-02
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2019-05-22
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CAMPBELL, George resigned
director
2019-02-25
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2019-02-24
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2019-02-09
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HILLEARY, Duncan Ruaraidh Douglas Macleod appointed
director
2019-02-09
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HILLEARY, Ruaraidh Edward Macleod Robertson resigned
director
2014-11-24
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MACDONALD, Andrew Kenneth appointed
director
2014-11-04
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MACLEOD, Duncan James resigned
director
2009-11-12
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HILLEARY, Alasdair Malcolm Douglas Macleod appointed
secretary
2009-11-12
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CAMPBELL, STEWART, MACLENNAN & CO resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-11-27
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MACPHEE, Calum resigned
secretary
2008-11-27
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CAMPBELL, STEWART, MACLENNAN & CO appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-05-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Amec Project Investments Limited
2002-04-22
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HILLEARY, Ruaraidh Edward Macleod Robertson resigned
secretary
2002-04-22
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MACPHEE, Calum appointed
secretary
2002-04-22
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MACLEOD, Duncan James appointed
director
1996-08-08
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HILLEARY, Alasdair Malcolm Douglas Macleod appointed
director
1996-08-08
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MACFARLANE, Roderick appointed
director
1996-08-08
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HILLEARY, Ruaraidh Edward Macleod Robertson appointed
secretary
1996-08-08
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CAMPBELL, George appointed
director
1996-08-08
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HILLEARY, Ruaraidh Edward Macleod Robertson appointed
director
1996-06-26
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Company incorporated
As EDINBANE ESTATE WIND FARM LIMITED
1996-06-26
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1996-06-26
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1996-06-26
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1996-06-26
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Duncan Ruaraidh Douglas Macleod Hilleary Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	09/02/2019
Mr Alasdair Malcolm Douglas Macleod Hilleary Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Roderick Ross Macfarlane Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Andrew Kenneth Macdonaldceased 30/06/2023· significant influence
Mr Ruaraidh Edward Macleod Robertson Hillearyceased 16/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr George Campbellceased 22/05/2019· significant influence

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

Incorporated1996-06-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

C/O Campbell Stewart Maclennan & Co Unit 3

Broom Place

Portree

IV51 9HL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10

Last: 2025-06-26