AVENTUS ENERGY LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC848568 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-14
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 change-of-name
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 3 change-of-name
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
13
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 4 change-of-name
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-03-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2026-01-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2026-01-27
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2026-01-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-12-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-12-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-12-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-12-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2025-12-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2025-12-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-12-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2025-12-09
    FARMER, Gordon James appointed
    director
  14. 2025-12-09
    MACGREGOR, Roderick James appointed
    director
  15. 2025-12-09
    MACKENZIE, Jia Kelly appointed
    director
  16. 2025-12-09
    ARMSTRONG, Callum Charles resigned
    director
  17. 2025-12-09
    GARDNER, Ross Scott resigned
    director
  18. 2025-12-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  19. 2025-05-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AVENTUS ENERGY LTD
  20. 2025-05-14
    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2025-05-14
    ARMSTRONG, Callum Charles appointed
    director
  22. 2025-05-14
    GARDNER, Ross Scott appointed
    director
  23. 2025-05-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 0.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

2 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ARMSTRONG, Callum Charles resigned 2025-12-09; GARDNER, Ross Scott resigned 2025-12-09

Name changed 4 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-27: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2026-03-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Geg (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Geg (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AVENTUS ENERGY LTD
This company · SC848568

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Geg (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/12/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Stronachs Nominees Limitedceased 09/12/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-05-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Henderson Road
Inverness
IV1 1SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27
Last:

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-05-14
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Active
FARMER, Gordon James
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-12-09
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Active
MACGREGOR, Roderick James
director · ~74y · appointed 2025-12-09
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Active
MACKENZIE, Jia Kelly
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-12-09
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Active
ARMSTRONG, Callum Charles
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-05-14 · resigned 2025-12-09
Resigned
GARDNER, Ross Scott
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-05-14 · resigned 2025-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-14