ARDCHATTAN HYDRO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC293395 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-18
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees200200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-06-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-09
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  12. 2016-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-30
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    officers · AP03
  14. 2015-11-28
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    MAGOWAN, Frances Sarah appointed
    secretary
  15. 2015-11-27
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    OSBORN, Sally resigned
    secretary
  16. 2015-11-27
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2015-11-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2012-06-14
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    COEN, Mary Katherine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-06-14
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    OSBORN, Sally appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-11-30
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    TROUGHTON, James Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2005-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDCHATTAN HYDRO LIMITED
  22. 2005-11-18
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    TROUGHTON, Sarah Hope appointed
    director
  23. 2005-11-18
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    COEN, Mary Katherine appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Hope Troughton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Michael Troughton
Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/04/2025

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
Incorporated2005-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Atholl Estate Office, Blair
Atholl, Pitlochry
Perthshire
PH18 5TH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MAGOWAN, Frances Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2015-11-28
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Active
TROUGHTON, James Michael→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-11-30
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Active
TROUGHTON, Sarah Hope→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COEN, Mary Katherine→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2012-06-14
Resigned
OSBORN, Sally→
secretary · appointed 2012-06-14 · resigned 2015-11-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18