ORKNEY RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM

🌳Matureactive

SC287437 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2005-07-13

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

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

61 officers (11 active, 61 linked, 54 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

164 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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	1000	900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (132 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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2025-06-22
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2025-06-22
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2025-06-10
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CHERUBINI, Paolo, Dr appointed
director
2025-06-10
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SPENCE, Melissa Jane appointed
director
2025-03-23
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accounts · AA
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2024-06-12
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officers · TM01
2024-06-12
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2024-06-12
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2024-06-04
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WALDMAN, Simon, Dr appointed
director
2024-06-04
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ALEXANDER, Karen, Dr resigned
director
2024-06-04
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ANNAL, Janice resigned
director
2024-06-04
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FORD, Rebecca resigned
director
2024-03-25
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2023-07-31
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2023-07-23
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IRVING, Tina Dawn resigned
director
2023-06-21
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incorporation · MA
2023-06-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-06-09
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2023-06-06
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IRVING, Tina Dawn appointed
director
2023-02-28
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accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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2022-09-20
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PATTERSON, Jeremy resigned
director
2022-07-17
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2022-07-17
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2022-07-04
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officers · TM01
2022-07-04
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2022-06-07
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ROBERTSON, Mike appointed
director
2022-06-07
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ALEXANDER, Karen, Dr appointed
director
2022-06-01
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LEE, Martin resigned
director
2022-06-01
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LIDDERDALE, Adele Louise resigned
director
2022-03-21
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accounts · AA
2021-06-01
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KERR, Sandy Andrew appointed
director
2021-06-01
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SOUTHERINGTON, Jonathan resigned
director
2021-03-16
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LEE, Eibhlin resigned
director
2020-09-09
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KERR, Sandy Andrew resigned
director
2020-08-04
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KIRKBRIDE, Mark Jonathan, Mr. appointed
director
2020-08-04
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CHALMERS, James Samuel, Dr resigned
director
2020-01-20
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MORRISON, Catriona Sarah resigned
director
2019-07-02
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BICHAN, Clifford resigned
director
2019-07-02
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FORD, Rebecca appointed
director
2019-07-02
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LEE, Eibhlin appointed
director
2019-07-02
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LEE, Martin appointed
director
2019-07-02
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PORTERFIELD, Jonathan resigned
director
2019-07-02
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SELLERS, Geoffrey resigned
director
2019-07-02
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SOUTHERINGTON, Jonathan appointed
director
2018-07-13
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ANNAL, Janice appointed
director
2018-06-19
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MORRISON, Catriona Sarah resigned
secretary
2018-06-19
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LIDDERDALE, Adele Louise appointed
director

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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

-10 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 74 — 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 74 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2005-07-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

The Charles Clouston Building

Back Road

Stromness

KW16 3AW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-27

Last: 2025-07-13