AWE ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08906560 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-21
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-03-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-03-01➖KNOTT, Michael Eric resigneddirector
- 2018-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-02-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AWE ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED
- 2014-02-21➕CLAYTON, Michelle Luisa appointeddirector
- 2014-02-21➕WESTRAY, Adam John appointeddirector
- 2014-02-21➕KNOTT, Michael Eric appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Adam John Westray Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Michelle Luisa Clayton Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Michael Eric Knottceased 01/03/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
213 Derbyshire Lane
Sheffield
S8 8SA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CLAYTON, Michelle Luisa→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2014-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WESTRAY, Adam John→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2014-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KNOTT, Michael Eric→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2014-02-21 · resigned 2019-03-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (27 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-14