MID COUL RENEWABLES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC452483 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-17

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 May 2025

Net worth

£31.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

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

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £31,181

Net assets shrinking

Down £8,086 YoY

Cash YoY

+630%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£81k

↑ 630% YoY

Net Worth

£31k

↓ 21% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Cash	£80.8k	£11.1k
Net assets	£31.2k	£39.3k

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

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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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts · AA
2025-06-16
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address · AD04
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-16
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accounts · AA
2013-06-17
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Company incorporated
As MID COUL RENEWABLES LIMITED
2013-06-17
➕
ROSE, William Alexander Brodie appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 13 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
William Alexander Brodie Rose Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-06-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Culblair Farm

Dalcross

Inverness

Highland

IV2 7JJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ROSE, William Alexander Brodie→

director · ~62y · appointed 2013-06-17

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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-16

move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address

address · AD04

2025-06-16

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

accounts · AA

2025-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-18

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

accounts · AA

2024-05-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-27

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

accounts · AA

2023-05-30

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

address · AD01

2022-12-12

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-16

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

accounts · AA

2022-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-16

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

accounts · AA

2021-05-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-03