EAST COAST VINERS RENEWABLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC457762 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-28
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 12.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). 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 · oldest 12.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-11-07
    ➖
    FORBES, Alistair Graham Milne resigned
    director
  9. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-02
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  12. 2019-04-02
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  13. 2019-04-02
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  14. 2018-09-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-06-18
    ➖
    FORBES, Robert Michael resigned
    director
  16. 2018-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-04
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  18. 2018-04-04
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  19. 2018-04-04
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  20. 2015-04-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2014-01-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2013-09-03
    ➖
    EAST COAST VINERS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  23. 2013-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As EAST COAST VINERS RENEWABLES LIMITED
  24. 2013-08-28
    ➕
    FORBES, Graham Alexander appointed
    director
  25. 2013-08-28
    ➕
    FORBES, John Inglis appointed
    director
  26. 2013-08-28
    ➕
    FORBES, Alistair Graham Milne appointed
    director
  27. 2013-08-28
    ➕
    FORBES, Robert Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2013-08-28
    ➕
    EAST COAST VINERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 79 — 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 79 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.)

Group structure

East Coast Viners (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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East Coast Viners (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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EAST COAST VINERS RENEWABLES LIMITED
This company · SC457762

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
East Coast Viners (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Broadwood
Drumlithie
Stonehaven
AB39 3XA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

FORBES, Graham Alexander→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORBES, John Inglis→
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORBES, Alistair Graham Milne→
director · ~87y · appointed 2013-08-28 · resigned 2020-11-07
Resigned
FORBES, Robert Michael→
director · ~84y · appointed 2013-08-28 · resigned 2018-06-18
Resigned
EAST COAST VINERS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2013-08-28 · resigned 2013-09-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/04/2015—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/01/2014—
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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-30