COTBURN WIND ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC384243 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-25
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£25.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,350
Cash YoY
+253%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↑ 253% YoY
Net Worth
£25k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£14.5k£4.1k
Net assets£25.4k£15.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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filings
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
  1. 2025-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-25
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    address · AD04
  3. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-01
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  9. 2019-10-29
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  10. 2018-10-25
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  11. 2017-10-09
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  12. 2016-10-28
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  13. 2015-10-15
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-25
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  15. 2014-10-16
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As COTBURN WIND ENERGY LIMITED
  17. 2010-08-25
    ➕
    MORRISON, Fiona Marie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-08-25
    ➕
    MORRISON, Fiona Marie appointed
    director
  19. 2010-08-25
    ➕
    MORRISON, George Logan appointed
    director
  20. 2010-08-25
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-08-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-08-25
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2010-08-25
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 73 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 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael Bishop's Court
29 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1YL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MORRISON, Fiona Marie→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, Fiona Marie→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON, George Logan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-25 · resigned 2010-08-25
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-25 · resigned 2010-08-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-29