BREAKWATER LAND AND ENERGY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC335279 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-13
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
50 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 accountsCash
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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 | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-31➕MCCREATH, Harry Augustus appointeddirector
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-22📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-02-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-01-26📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-12-01➖MCCREATH, Ella Margaret resignedsecretary
- 2022-12-01➖MCCREATH, Ella Margaret resigneddirector
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2007-12-13🏢Company incorporatedAs BREAKWATER LAND AND ENERGY LIMITED
- 2007-12-13➕MCCREATH, Michael Harry appointeddirector
- 2007-12-13➕MCCREATH, Ella Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2007-12-13➕MCCREATH, Ella Margaret appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
19/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCCREATH, Harry Augustus (same surname) appointed 2025-08-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Michael Harry Mccreath Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Ella Margaret Mccreathceased 01/12/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-12-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410
Registered office
Stables House Home Farm
Garlieston
Newton Stewart
DG8 8HF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
MCCREATH, Harry Augustus→
Activedirector · ~25y · appointed 2025-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCCREATH, Michael Harry→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2007-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCCREATH, Ella Margaret→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-12-13 · resigned 2022-12-01
MCCREATH, Ella Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2007-12-13 · resigned 2022-12-01
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Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-21
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-02-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07