BRIDGE OF WEIR HYDRO LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC878696 · ltd · incorporated 2026-02-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 incorporation
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRIDGE OF WEIR HYDRO LTD
  2. 2026-02-11
    BROWN, Ashleigh Catherine appointed
    director
  3. 2026-02-11
    BROWN, Austen James Hastings appointed
    director
  4. 2026-02-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 0.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BROWN, Ashleigh Catherine (same surname) appointed 2026-02-11. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Ashleigh Catherine Brown
Individual · British · DOB 06/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/02/2026
Mr Austen James Hastings Brown
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/02/2026

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
Incorporated2026-02-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

11a Bowfield Road
West Kilbride
KA23 9LB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-11
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Ashleigh Catherine
director · ~36y · appointed 2026-02-11
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Active
BROWN, Austen James Hastings
director · ~69y · appointed 2026-02-11
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Active

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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2026-02-11