OSSPOWER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC310177 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-16
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

13 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 15.4y

25/100
too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
13 charges (13/13 with lender, 13/13 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (4 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
132 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees500500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (67 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-06-30
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    HUBBARD, Matthew Richard resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-04-26
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    HUBBARD, Matthew Richard appointed
    director
  11. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2022-01-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-01-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2022-01-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-12-23
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    LOWES, Anthony Edward Ninian resigned
    secretary
  17. 2021-12-23
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    LOWES, Anthony Edward Ninian resigned
    director
  18. 2021-10-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2021-10-12
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    ANDERSONS NORTHERN LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-01-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-07-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  24. 2019-07-19
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Bayerische Landesbank
  25. 2019-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #7
  26. 2019-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #6
  27. 2019-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #5
  28. 2019-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #4
  29. 2019-06-28
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Bayerische Landesbank
  30. 2019-06-28
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: Bayerische Landesbank
  31. 2019-06-28
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Bayerische Landesbank
  32. 2019-06-28
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Bayerische Landesbank
  33. 2019-06-28
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Bayerische Landesbank
  34. 2017-09-06
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    GUY, Derry Cameron Waterford resigned
    director
  35. 2016-07-19
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    GUY, Derry Cameron Waterford appointed
    director
  36. 2014-06-12
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    Charge satisfied #3
  37. 2014-06-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  38. 2014-06-05
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Gcp Hydro 1 Limited
  39. 2014-05-22
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Gcp Hydro 1 Limited
  40. 2014-05-22
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Gcp Hydro 1 Limited
  41. 2014-05-22
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Gcp Hydro 1 Limited
  42. 2013-08-06
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    WATSON, Sebastian Laurence Grenville appointed
    director
  43. 2013-08-06
    ➖
    WATSON, David Timothy Patrick resigned
    director
  44. 2011-12-01
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    MACKEN, Steven James resigned
    director
  45. 2011-12-01
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    WATSON, David Timothy Patrick appointed
    director
  46. 2011-09-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  47. 2011-08-31
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    LAWRENCE, Ian Paul appointed
    director
  48. 2011-08-31
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    READ, Stephen John resigned
    director
  49. 2011-08-31
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    TURNER, Ashley John Nicholas resigned
    director
  50. 2011-05-31
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Co-Operative Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 67 events

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

6 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Tisv 1 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Tisv 1 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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OSSPOWER LIMITED
This company · SC310177

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
Tisv 1 Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting23/12/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ventus 2 Vct Plcceased 23/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Glenfalloch Farms, The Bothy Glenfalloch
Inverarnan
Arrochar
Dunbartonshire
G83 7DZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (4 active · 12 resigned)

LAWRENCE, Ian Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWES, David John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, John Tinto→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Sebastian Laurence Grenville→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWES, Anthony Edward Ninian→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2021-12-23
Resigned
ANDERSONS NORTHERN LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2021-10-12
Resigned
WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-16 · resigned 2007-08-08
Resigned
FRASER, Simon Joseph→
director · ~97y · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2008-01-08
Resigned
GUY, Derry Cameron Waterford→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-07-19 · resigned 2017-09-06
Resigned
HUBBARD, Matthew Richard→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-04-26 · resigned 2025-06-30
Resigned
LOWES, Anthony Edward Ninian→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2021-12-23
Resigned
MACKEN, Steven James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-04-22 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
READ, Stephen John→
director · ~52y · appointed 2008-04-22 · resigned 2011-08-31
Resigned
TURNER, Ashley John Nicholas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-04-22 · resigned 2011-08-31
Resigned
WATSON, David Timothy Patrick→
director · ~51y · appointed 2011-12-01 · resigned 2013-08-06
Resigned
WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-10-16 · resigned 2006-11-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

13
Total charges
6
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:13 of 13 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bayerische Landesbank
A registered charge1 property19/07/2019—
outstanding
Bayerische Landesbank
A registered charge—28/06/2019—
outstanding
Bayerische Landesbank
A registered charge—28/06/2019—
outstanding
Bayerische Landesbank
A registered charge—28/06/2019—
outstanding
Bayerische Landesbank
A registered charge—28/06/2019—
outstanding
Bayerische Landesbank
A registered charge—28/06/2019—
satisfied
Gcp Hydro 1
Gcp Hydro 1 Limited
A registered charge1 property05/06/201416/07/2019
satisfied
Gcp Hydro 1
Gcp Hydro 1 Limited
A registered charge—22/05/201416/07/2019
satisfied
Gcp Hydro 1
Gcp Hydro 1 Limited
A registered charge—22/05/201416/07/2019
satisfied
Gcp Hydro 1
Gcp Hydro 1 Limited
A registered charge—22/05/201416/07/2019
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative Bank PLC
Standard security1 property31/05/201112/06/2014
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property17/05/201112/06/2014
satisfied
Ventus Vct
Ventus Vct PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/12/201009/09/2011
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Recent filings (132 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-07