CAPLICH WIND FARM LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC407141 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-09

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£-710.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £710,552

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£711k

↓ 417% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£-710.6k	£-137.5k
Current assets	—	£4
Cash	—	£4
Net assets	£-710.6k	£-137.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-09
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2025-06-27
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2025-06-18
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address · AD01
2024-04-15
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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2020-12-08
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2020-06-25
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2019-06-11
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2018-07-04
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2017-12-14
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2016-10-12
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2016-05-11
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2015-12-09
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2012-09-01
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KENNEDY, Bryan Ross resigned
director
2011-09-26
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WALKER, Christopher John appointed
director
2011-09-09
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Company incorporated
As CAPLICH WIND FARM LTD
2011-09-09
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KENNEDY, Bryan Ross appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

Muirhall Wws Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Muirhall Wws Llp

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CAPLICH WIND FARM LTD

This company · SC407141

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Muirhall Wws Llp Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-09-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

3rd Floor, Maxim 10

Parklands Avenue

Motherwell

ML1 4WQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WALKER, Christopher John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2011-09-26

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Active

KENNEDY, Bryan Ross→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-09-09 · resigned 2012-09-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-04-21

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-04-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-06-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-12-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-06-25