AGILE ENERGY RECOVERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC423504 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-04
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-120.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £120,922
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£121k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£125
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£121k-£97k-£73k-£48k-£24k£125May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£125£125
Current assets£125£125
Net assets£-120.9k£-120.9k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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  3. 2025-11-19
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-11-05
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    ROBERTSON, Alfred Fyffe resigned
    director
  5. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-23
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  9. 2022-03-23
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  10. 2022-03-18
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    SKENE, Ian William resigned
    director
  11. 2021-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-18
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  14. 2020-09-18
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-09-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-09-14
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    CHAPMAN, Daniel John, Mr. appointed
    director
  17. 2020-09-14
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    CHAPMAN, Daniel John, Mr. resigned
    director
  18. 2020-04-14
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  19. 2020-04-14
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  20. 2020-04-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-12-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2016-06-07
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    ROBERTSON, Alfred Fyffe appointed
    director
  24. 2016-02-22
    ➖
    HIGGINS, Steven Joseph resigned
    director
  25. 2014-10-31
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Graeme James appointed
    secretary
  26. 2014-10-30
    ➖
    HIGGINS, Steven Joseph resigned
    secretary
  27. 2013-07-05
    ➕
    SKENE, Ian William appointed
    director
  28. 2012-10-05
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Graeme James appointed
    director
  29. 2012-10-05
    ➕
    HIGGINS, Steven Joseph appointed
    secretary
  30. 2012-10-05
    ➖
    MACDONALDS SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2012-10-05
    ➕
    HIGGINS, Steven Joseph appointed
    director
  32. 2012-10-05
    ➖
    WHITE, Joyce Helen resigned
    director
  33. 2012-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AGILE ENERGY RECOVERY LIMITED
  34. 2012-05-04
    ➕
    MACDONALDS SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  35. 2012-05-04
    ➕
    WHITE, Joyce Helen 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 Graeme James Taylor
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/12/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Alfred Fyffe Robertsonceased 05/11/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Ian William Skeneceased 18/03/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2012-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Marischal Square
Broad Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1BL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

TAYLOR, Graeme James→
secretary · appointed 2014-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Graeme James→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIGGINS, Steven Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2012-10-05 · resigned 2014-10-30
Resigned
MACDONALDS SOLICITORS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-05-04 · resigned 2012-10-05
Resigned
CHAPMAN, Daniel John, Mr.→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-09-14 · resigned 2020-09-14
Resigned
HIGGINS, Steven Joseph→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-10-05 · resigned 2016-02-22
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Alfred Fyffe→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-06-07 · resigned 2025-11-05
Resigned
SKENE, Ian William→
director · ~73y · appointed 2013-07-05 · resigned 2022-03-18
Resigned
WHITE, Joyce Helen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-05-04 · resigned 2012-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08