KNOYDART RENEWABLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC197192 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-14

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 Dec 2024

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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

29 officers (7 active, 29 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

118 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	800	800

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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2025-09-15
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officers · AP01
2025-09-10
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WILSON, Jim appointed
director
2025-06-18
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officers · TM02
2024-09-27
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accounts · AA
2024-05-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-01
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R A CLEMENT ASSOCIATES resigned
corporate-secretary
2023-10-20
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officers · AP01
2023-10-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-04
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HARRIS, Stephanie appointed
director
2023-09-28
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accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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ATHERLEY, Frank Leonidas, Mr. resigned
director
2023-08-04
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officers · TM01
2023-04-06
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DODD, Eric Thomas resigned
director
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
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officers · AP01
2022-07-01
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DALZIEL, Thomas Ralph Kennedy appointed
director
2022-06-29
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officers · AP01
2021-09-27
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accounts · AA
2021-06-04
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accounts · AA01
2020-10-28
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BROOK-ATKINS, Galen appointed
director
2020-10-14
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accounts · AA
2020-09-10
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MARSHALL, Des resigned
director
2020-09-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-02
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officers · AP01
2020-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-31
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officers · AP01
2020-01-28
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COCKER, John appointed
director
2020-01-28
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MARSHALL, Des appointed
director
2020-01-20
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HARRIS, Stephanie resigned
director
2020-01-20
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HUMPHREY, Matthew Lewis resigned
director
2019-07-30
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TRUSSELL, Roger resigned
director
2019-07-20
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HUMPHREY, Matthew Lewis appointed
director
2018-12-12
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BARRELL, Gwen resigned
director
2018-04-09
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DODD, Eric Thomas appointed
director
2018-04-09
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HARRIS, Stephanie appointed
director
2018-04-09
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TRUSSELL, Roger appointed
director
2015-08-06
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ALDINGTON, Margaret Anne resigned
director
2014-09-17
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ATHERLEY, Frank Leonidas, Mr. appointed
director
2010-06-24
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KLEMM, Peter resigned
director
2010-05-26
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BARRELL, Gwen appointed
director
2007-05-30
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BUTCHER, Kevin Lindsay resigned
director
2007-05-01
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R A CLEMENT ASSOCIATES appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-04-30
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HUTCHISON, John Charles resigned
secretary
2006-09-22
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HARRIS, Andrew resigned
director
2006-09-13
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HOLROYD, Grant appointed
director
2006-03-31
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WRIGHT, Robert James Murdoch resigned
director
2005-09-02
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KING, Charles resigned
director
2005-07-30
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EVEMY, Bernard resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 72 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

The Knoydart Foundation is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Knoydart Foundation

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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KNOYDART RENEWABLES LIMITED

This company · SC197192

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
The Knoydart Foundation Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1999-06-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

The Knoydart Foundation Office

Inverie, Knoydart

Mallaig

Inverness Shire

PH41 4PL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14