GARNOCK VALLEY ENERGY CO LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC778019 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-04
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-08-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2024-08-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-08-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-08-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2024-08-05
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-08-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-08-22
    WILSON, Allan appointed
    director
  11. 2023-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-08-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-08-04
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    Company incorporated
    As GARNOCK VALLEY ENERGY CO LTD
  14. 2023-08-04
    HOBBS, Robert appointed
    director
  15. 2023-08-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Radio City Association Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Radio City Association Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
GARNOCK VALLEY ENERGY CO LTD
This company · SC778019

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Radio City Association Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/07/2024
Mr Allan Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/07/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Hobbsceased 31/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

19 Main Street
Kilbirnie
KA25 7BX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOBBS, Robert
director · ~70y · appointed 2023-08-04
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Active
WILSON, Allan
director · ~72y · appointed 2023-08-22
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-04