SLATACH HYDRO POWER LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC349289 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-30
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 13.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.7y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £3.99M |
| Current assets | — | £1.65M |
| Cash | — | £599.2k |
| Debtors | — | £1.05M |
| Net assets | — | £2.15M |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-10-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-10-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-12-12➕MIDDLETON, Patricia Anne appointeddirector
- 2012-08-14🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Triodos Bank Nv
- 2012-08-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Triodos Bank Nv
- 2012-08-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
- 2008-09-30🏢Company incorporatedAs SLATACH HYDRO POWER LIMITED
- 2008-09-30➕MIDDLETON, Anthony Robert, Dr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Tls Hydro Power Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Tls Hydro Power Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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SLATACH HYDRO POWER LIMITED
This company · SC349289
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tls Hydro Power Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 10/10/2025 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Tls Energy Limitedceased 10/10/2025· 75-100% shares
- Dr Anthony Robert Middletonceased 10/10/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Patricia Anne Middletonceased 10/10/2025· 25-50% shares
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.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-09-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
Balgonie Power Station
Markinch
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 6HQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MIDDLETON, Anthony Robert, Dr→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2008-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MIDDLETON, Patricia Anne→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2012-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Triodos Bank Nv | Standard security | 1 property | 14/08/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | Triodos Bank Nv | Standard security | 1 property | 14/08/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | Triodos Bank N.V. | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 13/08/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (47 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05