GASMAN ENERGY ADVISORY SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC352529 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-15
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£75k£150k£225k£300k£375kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£225.0k
Current assets£375.4k
Cash£186.3k
Debtors£148.3k
Net assets£93.5k
Average employees2300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 2 capital
  • 1 incorporation
  • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    capital · SH10
  2. 2025-12-31
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    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-12-23
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-12-23
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-12-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-12-17
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-06-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-10-10
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  9. 2024-03-01
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  10. 2024-03-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-25
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  14. 2020-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  15. 2020-11-26
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  16. 2020-11-24
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  17. 2019-12-12
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  18. 2008-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As GASMAN ENERGY ADVISORY SERVICES LTD.
  19. 2008-12-15
    ETHERIDGE, David Allan appointed
    director
  20. 2008-12-15
    STRATHDEE, Derek James appointed
    director
  21. 2008-12-15
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  22. 2008-12-15
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Etheridge
Individual · British · DOB 08/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/12/2016
Mr Derek James Strathdee
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/12/2016

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
Incorporated2008-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

59 Montrose Avenue
Hillington Park
Glasgow
G52 4LA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ETHERIDGE, David Allan
director · ~42y · appointed 2008-12-15
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Active
STRATHDEE, Derek James
director · ~53y · appointed 2008-12-15
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Active
MABBOTT, Stephen George
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-12-15 · resigned 2008-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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capital · SH10
2025-12-31
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-31
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12