MIDDLETON ENERGY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC410244 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-31

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£143.0k

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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

30 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £143,021

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£31k

Net Worth

£143k

Current Assets

£46k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£148.3k	—
Current assets	£45.5k	—
Cash	£31.0k	—
Debtors	£14.5k	—
Net assets	£143.0k	—

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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SUTHERLAND, Isla Vanessa appointed
director
2025-10-31
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2025-01-09
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2024-02-15
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2023-03-03
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2022-03-14
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2021-04-13
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2020-06-11
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2019-03-11
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2018-07-02
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2016-06-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-10-31
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Company incorporated
As MIDDLETON ENERGY LTD
2011-10-31
➕
SUTHERLAND, George Alexander appointed
director
2011-10-31
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SUTHERLAND, Tracey Vanessa 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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SUTHERLAND, Isla Vanessa (same surname) appointed 2025-10-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Alexander Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Tracey Vanessa Sutherland Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Incorporated2011-10-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Middleton Of Brims

Forss

Thurso

Caithness

KW14 7XU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-11

Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SUTHERLAND, George Alexander→

director · ~69y · appointed 2011-10-31

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SUTHERLAND, Isla Vanessa→

director · ~29y · appointed 2025-10-31

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Active

SUTHERLAND, Tracey Vanessa→

director · ~59y · appointed 2011-10-31

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	16/03/2012	—

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Recent filings (30 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-10

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officers · AP01

2025-10-31