HOY ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC365871 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 employees7700

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
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-03-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-03-17
    ➖
    A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  10. 2020-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-05-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  18. 2015-04-01
    ➕
    DENNISON, Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2014-11-18
    ➖
    LANCASTER, William Osbert resigned
    director
  20. 2011-04-21
    ➕
    A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2011-04-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  22. 2011-03-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Co-Operative Bank PLC
  23. 2011-02-28
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Geraldine Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2010-08-24
    ➕
    LANCASTER, William Osbert appointed
    director
  25. 2010-08-23
    ➖
    AVIS, Ian Edward resigned
    secretary
  26. 2010-08-23
    ➖
    AVIS, Ian Edward resigned
    director
  27. 2010-06-30
    ➕
    CLEGG, Brian Eric appointed
    director
  28. 2010-05-30
    ➖
    SHIELDS, Lee Anna Bulmer resigned
    director
  29. 2009-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As HOY ENERGY LIMITED
  30. 2009-09-22
    ➕
    COLLOP, Maxwell James appointed
    director
  31. 2009-09-22
    ➕
    HALL, Peter Lindsay appointed
    director
  32. 2009-09-22
    ➕
    AVIS, Ian Edward appointed
    secretary
  33. 2009-09-22
    ➕
    AVIS, Ian Edward appointed
    director
  34. 2009-09-22
    ➕
    SHIELDS, Lee Anna Bulmer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Eric Clegg
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/09/2016
Mr Maxwell James Collop
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/09/2016
Mr Alexander Dennison
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/09/2016
Mrs Geraldine Mary Ferguson
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/09/2016
Mr Peter Lindsay Hall
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1953 · age 73
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/09/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Y M Community Hall
Longhope
Stromness
KW16 3PG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

CLEGG, Brian Eric→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLOP, Maxwell James→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENNISON, Alexander→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-04-01
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Active
FERGUSON, Geraldine Mary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALL, Peter Lindsay→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AVIS, Ian Edward→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-22 · resigned 2010-08-23
Resigned
A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-04-21 · resigned 2021-03-17
Resigned
AVIS, Ian Edward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-09-22 · resigned 2010-08-23
Resigned
LANCASTER, William Osbert→
director · ~88y · appointed 2010-08-24 · resigned 2014-11-18
Resigned
SHIELDS, Lee Anna Bulmer→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-09-22 · resigned 2010-05-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
A registered charge—13/05/2015—
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
Standard security1 property14/04/2011—
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property25/03/2011—
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Recent filings (52 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-15