AYRENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC363794 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£3.73M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 13.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,733,134
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.6m
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£3.7m
↑ 46% YoY
Current Assets
£2.4m
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£747k£1.5m£2.2m£3.0m£3.7mAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£4.18M£4.43M
Current assets£2.40M£2.78M
Cash£1.63M£2.09M
Debtors£762.8k£694.0k
Net assets£3.73M£2.55M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-26
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  2. 2025-04-10
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  3. 2025-04-10
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  4. 2025-04-07
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-04-01
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2024-05-10
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-09
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    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-05-09
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    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2024-05-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2024-05-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2023-05-29
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  12. 2022-05-23
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  13. 2021-05-12
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  14. 2020-05-26
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  15. 2019-12-23
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  16. 2019-12-10
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    capital · SH03
  17. 2019-05-27
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  18. 2018-07-09
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  19. 2018-05-28
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  20. 2012-12-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
  21. 2012-10-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
  22. 2012-04-16
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    KIRKNESS, William John Harvey appointed
    director
  23. 2009-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As AYRENERGY LIMITED
  24. 2009-08-10
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    SKEA, Lynn Katriona appointed
    secretary
  25. 2009-08-10
    ➕
    SKEA, Lynn Katriona appointed
    director
  26. 2009-08-10
    ➕
    SKEA, Norman John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +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.
  • +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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Norman John Skea
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Lynn Katriona Skea
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr William John Harvey Kirkness
Individual · British · DOB 05/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Barns Of Ayre
Deerness
Orkney
KW17 2QJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

SKEA, Lynn Katriona→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-10
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Active
KIRKNESS, William John Harvey→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-04-16
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Active
SKEA, Lynn Katriona→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-08-10
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Active
SKEA, Norman John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-08-10
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Triodos Bank N.V.
Standard security1 property19/12/201209/05/2024
satisfied
Triodos Bank N.V.
Bond & floating charge1 property11/10/201209/05/2024

Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-26
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-04-10
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10