CASTLE OF AUCHRY WINDFARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC364080 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.31M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (7 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,314,119
Cash YoY
+59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£217k
↑ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£326k
↓ 4.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£263k£526k£788k£1.1m£1.3mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£1.64M£1.37M
Current assets£326.0k£340.0k
Cash£217.5k£136.4k
Debtors£108.5k£203.6k
Net assets£1.31M£1.02M

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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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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  2. 2024-09-19
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  3. 2023-06-27
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  4. 2023-06-08
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  5. 2022-06-24
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  6. 2021-09-28
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  7. 2021-08-17
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  8. 2021-08-17
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  9. 2021-08-17
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  10. 2021-08-17
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  11. 2020-07-07
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  12. 2019-06-27
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  13. 2018-08-20
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  14. 2018-08-20
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  15. 2018-08-20
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  18. 2018-07-01
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    MACRAE, Pamela Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2018-07-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Yvonne Phyliss appointed
    director
  20. 2012-09-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rubislaw (Xx) Limited
  21. 2011-06-10
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    INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-06-10
    ➖
    HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-12-01
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    MACRAE, Stewart David appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-01
    ➕
    PIRIE, Brian Gordon appointed
    director
  25. 2009-12-01
    ➕
    PIRIE, Lesley Anne appointed
    director
  26. 2009-12-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Kevin Alexander appointed
    director
  27. 2009-12-01
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    COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer resigned
    director
  28. 2009-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CASTLE OF AUCHRY WINDFARM LIMITED
  29. 2009-08-17
    ➕
    HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2009-08-17
    ➕
    COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Castle Of Auchry Windfarm (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Castle Of Auchry Windfarm (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CASTLE OF AUCHRY WINDFARM LIMITED
This company · SC364080

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Castle Of Auchry Windfarm (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/03/2021
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Pamela Margaret Macraeceased 01/03/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Yvonne Phyliss Smithceased 01/03/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Lesley Anne Pirieceased 01/03/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Stewart David Macraeceased 01/07/2018· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Kevin Alexander Smithceased 01/07/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-08-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Castle Of Auchry
Cuminestown
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 5UR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17

Officers (7 active · 2 resigned)

INFINITY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-06-10
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Active
MACRAE, Pamela Margaret→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-07-01
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Active
MACRAE, Stewart David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-12-01
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Active
PIRIE, Brian Gordon→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-12-01
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Active
PIRIE, Lesley Anne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-12-01
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Active
SMITH, Kevin Alexander→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-12-01
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Active
SMITH, Yvonne Phyliss→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALL MORRICE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-17 · resigned 2011-06-10
Resigned
COWIE, Simon Henry Dyer→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-08-17 · resigned 2009-12-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Rubislaw (Xx)
Rubislaw (Xx) Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property21/09/2012—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-08-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-17