3 COUNTIES ENERGY ASSESSMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06361922 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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 employees300300

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
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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  2. 2025-08-05
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  3. 2025-02-19
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  4. 2025-02-13
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    SCOTT, Barbara appointed
    director
  5. 2024-08-02
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  6. 2023-08-09
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  7. 2022-08-09
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  8. 2021-07-30
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  9. 2020-07-31
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  10. 2019-08-19
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  11. 2018-10-09
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  12. 2017-07-05
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  13. 2016-08-30
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  14. 2015-09-16
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  15. 2015-06-22
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  16. 2014-09-30
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  17. 2010-11-12
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    EDGAR-BARROWS, Lorraine Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  18. 2010-11-12
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    EDGAR-BARROWS, Darren resigned
    director
  19. 2007-11-05
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    SCOTT, Michael Keith appointed
    director
  20. 2007-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As 3 COUNTIES ENERGY ASSESSMENTS LIMITED
  21. 2007-09-05
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    EDGAR-BARROWS, Lorraine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-09-05
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    EDGAR-BARROWS, Darren appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Keith Scott
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

9 Thorne Road
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN1 2HJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT, Barbara→
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-02-13
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Active
SCOTT, Michael Keith→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-11-05
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Active
EDGAR-BARROWS, Lorraine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-05 · resigned 2010-11-12
Resigned
EDGAR-BARROWS, Darren→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-09-05 · resigned 2010-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
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accounts · AA
2024-08-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
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2023-08-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
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2022-08-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
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2021-07-30
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2020-09-07
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accounts · AA
2020-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-18