AMCO ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC116163 · ltd · incorporated 1989-02-14
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-02
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-08-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-23
    ➕
    HEMMING, Aileen Scott appointed
    director
  11. 2020-07-23
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Susan Ellison appointed
    director
  12. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-13
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  15. 2018-03-06
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  16. 2018-03-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-02-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-02-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2018-02-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-02-06
    ➖
    WELSH, George Mein resigned
    director
  21. 2004-11-17
    ➕
    COCHRANE, David Ellison appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-11-17
    ➖
    MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr. resigned
    secretary
  23. 1989-10-24
    ➕
    COCHRANE, David Ellison appointed
    director
  24. 1989-10-24
    ➖
    CHALMERS, Anne-Marie resigned
    director
  25. 1989-10-24
    ➖
    STEVENSON, Griselda Mary resigned
    director
  26. 1989-10-24
    ➕
    WELSH, George Mein appointed
    director
  27. 1989-02-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AMCO ENERGY LIMITED
  28. 1989-02-14
    ➕
    MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  29. 1989-02-14
    ➕
    CHALMERS, Anne-Marie appointed
    director
  30. 1989-02-14
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Griselda Mary 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 37 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 37 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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 David Ellison Cochrane
Individual · British · DOB 11/1932 · age 94
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr George Mein Welshceased 06/02/2018· 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
Incorporated1989-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Noridlo
Station Road
Duns
TD11 3EL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

COCHRANE, David Ellison→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-17
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Active
COCHRANE, David Ellison→
director · ~94y · appointed 1989-10-24
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Active
HEMMING, Aileen Scott→
director · ~63y · appointed 2020-07-23
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Active
SANDERSON, Susan Ellison→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOFFAT, Alexander Douglas, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 1989-02-14 · resigned 2004-11-17
Resigned
CHALMERS, Anne-Marie→
director · ~61y · appointed 1989-02-14 · resigned 1989-10-24
Resigned
STEVENSON, Griselda Mary→
director · appointed 1989-02-14 · resigned 1989-10-24
Resigned
WELSH, George Mein→
director · ~78y · appointed 1989-10-24 · resigned 2018-02-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-30