AMPLUS ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC344539 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-18
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 06100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
58 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees9

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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-06-27
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  8. 2024-06-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2024-06-26
    ➕
    BURNESS PAULL LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  10. 2024-06-26
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    PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  11. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2017-04-24
    ➖
    GREEN, Alexander Michael Stuart resigned
    secretary
  20. 2017-04-24
    ➕
    PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2012-12-28
    ➕
    WOOD, Norman appointed
    director
  22. 2012-12-01
    ➕
    RISK, Stewart appointed
    director
  23. 2010-07-14
    ➖
    RISK, Stewart resigned
    director
  24. 2009-10-31
    ➖
    LENG, Ashley Peter Cawood resigned
    director
  25. 2008-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AMPLUS ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2008-06-18
    ➕
    HERD, Ian Riddoch Williamson appointed
    director
  27. 2008-06-18
    ➕
    GREEN, Alexander Michael Stuart appointed
    secretary
  28. 2008-06-18
    ➕
    LENG, Ashley Peter Cawood appointed
    director
  29. 2008-06-18
    ➕
    RISK, Stewart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Amplus Energy (Holdings) Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Amplus Energy (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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AMPLUS ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED
This company · SC344539

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Amplus Energy (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

119 Grandholm Drive
Aberdeen
AB22 8AE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BURNESS PAULL LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HERD, Ian Riddoch Williamson→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RISK, Stewart→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Norman→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-12-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREEN, Alexander Michael Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-18 · resigned 2017-04-24
Resigned
PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-04-24 · resigned 2024-06-26
Resigned
LENG, Ashley Peter Cawood→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-06-18 · resigned 2009-10-31
Resigned
RISK, Stewart→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-06-18 · resigned 2010-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-27
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-06-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-06