ISLE OF MUCK POWER LIMITED

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SC184480 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-02

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (6 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2025-11-23
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officers · AP03
2025-11-23
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officers · TM02
2025-11-12
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MATHERS, Victoria appointed
secretary
2025-11-12
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BIDWELL, Emily appointed
director
2025-11-12
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MATHERS, Victoria Jo appointed
director
2025-11-12
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MACEWEN, Ewen Christopher resigned
secretary
2025-07-22
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address · AD01
2024-10-02
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accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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2022-12-16
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2021-10-29
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2021-03-22
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2020-03-10
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2019-04-30
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2018-04-17
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accounts · AA
2017-04-11
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2017-03-15
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FICHTNER, Tobias appointed
director
2017-03-15
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BARNDEN, David John resigned
director
2010-05-10
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BARNDEN, David John appointed
director
2010-05-10
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MCFADZEAN, Glenn resigned
director
2008-05-15
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MACEWEN, Colin Alasdair Traquar appointed
director
2008-05-15
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HENDERSON, Graeme Derek resigned
director
2008-05-15
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JACKSON, Barnaby resigned
director
2008-05-15
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MCFADZEAN, Glenn appointed
director
2006-06-10
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KETCHIN, Ian resigned
director
2003-09-18
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WALTERS, Bryan Thomas resigned
director
2003-03-01
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HENDERSON, Graeme Derek appointed
director
2003-03-01
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KETCHIN, Ian appointed
director
2002-04-18
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KETCHIN, Amanda Jane resigned
secretary
2002-04-18
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MACEWEN, Ewen Christopher appointed
secretary
2002-04-18
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KETCHIN, Amanda Jane resigned
director
2001-05-01
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SMITH, Ian Michael resigned
director
1998-04-25
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MACEWEN, Ewen Christopher appointed
director
1998-04-25
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DAVIES, Paul Andrew resigned
secretary
1998-04-25
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KETCHIN, Amanda Jane appointed
secretary
1998-04-25
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HARPER, Leonard Herbert resigned
director
1998-04-25
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JACKSON, Barnaby appointed
director
1998-04-25
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KETCHIN, Amanda Jane appointed
director
1998-04-25
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SMITH, Ian Michael appointed
director
1998-04-25
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WALTERS, Bryan Thomas appointed
director
1998-04-02
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Company incorporated
As ISLE OF MUCK POWER LIMITED
1998-04-02
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DAVIES, Paul Andrew appointed
secretary
1998-04-02
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HARPER, Leonard Herbert appointed
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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.)

Group structure

Isle Of Muck Community Enterprise Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Isle Of Muck Community Enterprise Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ISLE OF MUCK POWER LIMITED

This company · SC184480

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Isle Of Muck Community Enterprise Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated1998-04-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Power House

Isle Of Muck

Mallaig

PH41 2RP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-16

Last: 2026-04-02