AUCHINTOUL OIL & GAS CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC360822 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£233.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £233,527

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£234k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£241k
↑ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£48k£97k£145k£193k£241kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£233.5k£229.0k
Current assets£241.4k£237.0k
Net assets£233.5k£229.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-03
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  10. 2020-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-20
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2018-02-20
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2018-02-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2009-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AUCHINTOUL OIL & GAS CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  18. 2009-06-08
    ➕
    HAY, Gordon Ogilvie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-06-08
    ➕
    HAY, James Webster appointed
    director
  20. 2009-06-08
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2009-06-08
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-06-08
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2009-06-08
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Webster Hay
Individual · British · DOB 02/1946 · age 80
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

51-53 High Street
Turriff
Aberdeenshire
AB53 4EJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HAY, Gordon Ogilvie→
secretary · appointed 2009-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAY, James Webster→
director · ~80y · appointed 2009-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-06-08 · resigned 2009-06-08
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-06-08 · resigned 2009-06-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2020-08-03