FINDHORN WIND PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC231587 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-16
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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year to Oct 2024
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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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-09-03
    ➕
    CROCKETT, Mark Alan appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-03
    ➖
    HOLLANDER, Marianne Catharine resigned
    director
  7. 2024-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-11
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2020-09-11
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-18
    ➕
    BUIST, Timothy Mark Sweeney appointed
    director
  16. 2018-09-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-06-24
    ➖
    ROSE, Henrietta Penelope, Mrs. resigned
    director
  20. 2017-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2006-10-03
    ➕
    KING, Andrew Bryan appointed
    director
  22. 2006-06-24
    ➖
    TORDOFF, Ernest Harvey resigned
    director
  23. 2006-02-21
    ➕
    ROSE, Henrietta Penelope, Mrs. appointed
    director
  24. 2006-02-21
    ➖
    SHAW, James Michael resigned
    director
  25. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    SHAW, James Michael appointed
    director
  26. 2005-06-22
    ➖
    TALBOTT, John Lewis resigned
    director
  27. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    TORDOFF, Ernest Harvey appointed
    director
  28. 2005-01-01
    ➕
    LOWE, John Chorlton appointed
    secretary
  29. 2005-01-01
    ➖
    PORTE, Martha resigned
    secretary
  30. 2004-08-06
    ➖
    DUNLOP, Beth Wynne resigned
    director
  31. 2003-09-12
    ➕
    PORTE, Martha appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-09-12
    ➖
    TALBOTT, John Lewis resigned
    secretary
  33. 2002-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As FINDHORN WIND PARK LIMITED
  34. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    WALKER, Alexander Lindsay appointed
    director
  35. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    TALBOTT, John Lewis appointed
    secretary
  36. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2002-05-16
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    DUNLOP, Beth Wynne appointed
    director
  39. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    HOLLANDER, Marianne Catharine appointed
    director
  40. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    TALBOTT, John Lewis appointed
    director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

3 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Baywind Energy Co-Operative Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Ekopia Social Investments Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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New Findhorn Directions Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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FINDHORN WIND PARK LIMITED
This company · SC231587

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Baywind Energy Co-Operative Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ekopia Social Investments Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
New Findhorn Directions Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

The Park
Findhorn
Forres
Moray
IV36 3TZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-19
Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (5 active · 9 resigned)

LOWE, John Chorlton→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUIST, Timothy Mark Sweeney→
director · ~50y · appointed 2018-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROCKETT, Mark Alan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KING, Andrew Bryan→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Alexander Lindsay→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTE, Martha→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-12 · resigned 2005-01-01
Resigned
TALBOTT, John Lewis→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2003-09-12
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2002-05-16
Resigned
DUNLOP, Beth Wynne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2004-08-06
Resigned
HOLLANDER, Marianne Catharine→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2024-09-03
Resigned
ROSE, Henrietta Penelope, Mrs.→
director · ~81y · appointed 2006-02-21 · resigned 2018-06-24
Resigned
SHAW, James Michael→
director · ~87y · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2006-02-21
Resigned
TALBOTT, John Lewis→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2005-06-22
Resigned
TORDOFF, Ernest Harvey→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2006-06-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-31
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-09-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-09-11