SOUTHSIDE RENEWABLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC453192 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-26
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 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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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 with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.8 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-03
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  4. 2024-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-25
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  9. 2021-05-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  13. 2019-11-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2019-07-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  15. 2019-07-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  16. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2017-06-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2013-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As SOUTHSIDE RENEWABLES LIMITED
  21. 2013-06-26
    ➕
    BURNETT & REID LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2013-06-26
    ➕
    CRAIGIE, Christine appointed
    director
  23. 2013-06-26
    ➕
    CRAIGIE, David Lyon appointed
    director
  24. 2013-06-26
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    CRAIGIE, William Lyon 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 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Lyon Craigie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1942 · age 84
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr David Lyon Craigie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Suite A
1 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1BR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BURNETT & REID LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-06-26
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Active
CRAIGIE, Christine→
director · ~81y · appointed 2013-06-26
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Active
CRAIGIE, David Lyon→
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-06-26
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Active
CRAIGIE, William Lyon→
director · ~84y · appointed 2013-06-26
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property12/01/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—21/06/2017—
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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25