CLYNEMILTON ENERGY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC456570 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-12

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.8y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-13
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accounts · AA
2026-01-13
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officers · TM01
2026-01-11
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BLACKBURN, Michael Joseph resigned
director
2025-11-06
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mortgage · MR05
2024-11-25
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accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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accounts · AA
2022-09-27
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accounts · AA
2021-11-22
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accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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accounts · AA
2020-01-20
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accounts · AA
2019-03-12
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accounts · AA
2018-05-01
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accounts · AA
2017-08-23
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2017-08-23
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2017-08-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-12-29
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accounts · AA
2016-12-05
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mortgage · MR04
2016-12-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-08-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-06-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Close Brothers Limited
2013-08-12
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Company incorporated
As CLYNEMILTON ENERGY LTD
2013-08-12
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BLACKBURN, Joseph Nigel appointed
director
2013-08-12
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BLACKBURN, Veronica Anne Catherine appointed
director
2013-08-12
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BLACKBURN, Michael Joseph appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Veronica Ann Katherine Blackburn Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/11/2016
Mr Joseph Nigel Blackburn Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/11/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Close Brother Limitedceased 10/11/2016· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2013-08-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Clynemilton Farm

Brora

Sutherland

KW9 6LU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-26

Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BLACKBURN, Joseph Nigel→

director · ~74y · appointed 2013-08-12

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Active

BLACKBURN, Veronica Anne Catherine→

director · ~73y · appointed 2013-08-12

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Active

BLACKBURN, Michael Joseph→

director · ~46y · appointed 2013-08-12 · resigned 2026-01-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	31/08/2016	—
	satisfied	Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited	A registered charge	—	20/06/2014	05/12/2016

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Recent filings (34 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-01-13

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officers · TM01

2026-01-13

mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number

mortgage · MR05

2025-11-06