CT HYDRO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC373696 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-25
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
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-23.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £23,691

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£30k
Net Worth
-£24k
↑ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£30k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£86k-£62k-£37k-£12k£12k£37kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£855.0k£948.8k
Current assets£29.7k£37.0k
Cash£29.7k—
Net assets£-23.7k£-86.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-25
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  9. 2021-01-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-06-25
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Douglas James appointed
    director
  17. 2012-06-25
    ➕
    MCLEAY, Kathleen Moir appointed
    director
  18. 2012-06-25
    ➖
    CHAPLIN, Robert Henry Moffett resigned
    director
  19. 2010-02-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CT HYDRO LIMITED
  20. 2010-02-25
    ➕
    NCM FUND SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-02-25
    ➕
    CHAPLIN, Robert Henry Moffett appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Henry Moffett Chaplin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mark Robert John Tyndall
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-02-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies

Registered office

4th Floor, 7 Castle Street, Edinburgh
Castle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3AH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

NCM FUND SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-02-25
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Active
GRAHAM, Douglas James→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLEAY, Kathleen Moir→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPLIN, Robert Henry Moffett→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-02-25 · resigned 2012-06-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-05