ATHOLL HYDRO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC392439 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-28
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Gross profit—£1.01M
Operating profit—£792.0k
Profit before tax—£798.8k
Average employees400400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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  2. 2025-02-07
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    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-02-01
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    MAGOWAN, Frances Sarah resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-22
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-03-19
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  7. 2023-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-20
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  9. 2021-12-15
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  10. 2020-11-12
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  11. 2019-12-18
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  12. 2018-09-28
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  13. 2017-11-01
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-29
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  16. 2015-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-28
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    MAGOWAN, Frances Sarah appointed
    secretary
  18. 2015-11-27
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    OSBORN, Sally Jane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-06-14
    ➖
    COEN, Mary Katherine resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-06-14
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    OSBORN, Sally Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-02-02
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    TROUGHTON, Sarah Hope appointed
    director
  22. 2011-02-02
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    COEN, Mary Katherine appointed
    secretary
  23. 2011-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ATHOLL HYDRO LIMITED
  24. 2011-01-28
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    BONSOR, Jane Hope appointed
    director
  25. 2011-01-28
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    TROUGHTON, Claire Gillian appointed
    director
  26. 2011-01-28
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    TROUGHTON, Robert Charles Peter 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Jane Hope Bonsor
Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Robert Charles Peter Troughton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Claire Gillian Spencer Churchill
Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46
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
Incorporated2011-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Atholl Estate Office
Blair Atholl
Pitlochry
PH18 5TH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

BONSOR, Jane Hope→
director · ~49y · appointed 2011-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TROUGHTON, Claire Gillian→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-01-28
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Active
TROUGHTON, Robert Charles Peter→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-01-28
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Active
TROUGHTON, Sarah Hope→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-02-02
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Active
COEN, Mary Katherine→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-02 · resigned 2012-06-14
Resigned
MAGOWAN, Frances Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2015-11-28 · resigned 2025-02-01
Resigned
OSBORN, Sally Jane→
secretary · appointed 2012-06-14 · resigned 2015-11-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-22
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-12