MASSON ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC413488 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-20
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
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
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 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees3300

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
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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  3. 2023-12-05
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  4. 2022-12-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2022-12-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-10-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-16
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  13. 2017-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As MASSON ENERGY LIMITED
  17. 2011-12-20
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    MASSON, Alastair James appointed
    director
  18. 2011-12-20
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    MASSON, James Forbes Grant appointed
    director
  19. 2011-12-20
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    MASSON, Kathleen Margaret appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MASSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alastair James Masson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James Forbes Grant Massonceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Kathleen Margaret Massonceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2011-12-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Chapelfield
St Cyrus
Montrose
Angus
DD10 0DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MASSON, Alastair James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-12-20
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Active
MASSON, James Forbes Grant→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-12-20
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Active
MASSON, Kathleen Margaret→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-12-20
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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-28