BALMONTH ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC465276 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.15M
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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -84% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.9y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
30 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,149,300
Net assets shrinking
Down £63,145 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 84% YoY
Cash YoY
-84%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↓ 84% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£242k£485k£727k£970k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£7.9k£49.4k
Net assets£1.15M£1.21M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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  2. 2024-10-11
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2023-01-13
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  5. 2022-09-30
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  6. 2021-09-29
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  7. 2020-12-23
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  8. 2019-10-07
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  9. 2018-10-04
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  10. 2018-04-12
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  11. 2018-04-12
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  12. 2018-04-04
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  13. 2018-03-31
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    BRUNTON, Jennifer appointed
    director
  14. 2017-10-05
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  15. 2016-10-06
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  16. 2016-01-22
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  17. 2014-07-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2014-06-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2013-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BALMONTH ENERGY LIMITED
  20. 2013-12-05
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    BRUNTON, Carole Jean Margaret appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-12-05
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    BRUNTON, Carole Jean Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2013-12-05
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    BRUNTON, Ian Campbell 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Campbell Brunton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
——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
Incorporated2013-12-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Balmonth Farm
Carnbee
Anstruther
Fife
KY10 2RU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BRUNTON, Carole Jean Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2013-12-05
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BRUNTON, Carole Jean Margaret→
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-12-05
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Active
BRUNTON, Ian Campbell→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-12-05
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Active
BRUNTON, Jennifer→
director · ~32y · appointed 2018-03-31
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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
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property08/07/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—10/06/2014—
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Recent filings (30 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2024-10-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
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accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2019-10-07