BRAEVALLICH HYDRO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC383545 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-11

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

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 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-01
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officers · TM01
2025-08-31
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accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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BOWDEN-SMITH, Sarah Jane resigned
director
2024-05-31
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accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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accounts · AA
2020-05-28
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accounts · AA
2019-05-24
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accounts · AA
2018-05-31
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accounts · AA
2017-05-29
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accounts · AA
2016-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-09
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-28
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accounts · AA
2014-08-18
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2012-05-10
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WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-08-31
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BOWDEN-SMITH, Edward Philip appointed
director
2010-08-31
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BOWDEN-SMITH, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2010-08-31
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MACLEOD, Angus George resigned
director
2010-08-31
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WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2010-08-11
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Company incorporated
As BRAEVALLICH HYDRO LIMITED
2010-08-11
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WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-08-11
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MACLEOD, Angus George appointed
director
2010-08-11
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WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip Edward Bowden-Smith Individual · British · DOB 05/1940 · age 86	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-08-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Albany Chambers

Albany Street

Oban

Argyll

PA34 4AL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-25

Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BOWDEN-SMITH, Edward Philip→

director · ~86y · appointed 2010-08-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-11 · resigned 2012-05-10

Resigned

BOWDEN-SMITH, Sarah Jane→

director · ~84y · appointed 2010-08-31 · resigned 2024-09-24

Resigned

MACLEOD, Angus George→

director · ~52y · appointed 2010-08-11 · resigned 2010-08-31

Resigned

WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2010-08-11 · resigned 2010-08-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-01

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officers · TM01

2025-09-01