STARLIGHT ENERGY OPERATIONS UK LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC366966 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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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 exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
49 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees1000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
    TENDERINI, Filippo appointed
    director
  3. 2025-04-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-04-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-04-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-03-31
    BOCCANERA, Gianluca resigned
    director
  7. 2025-03-31
    GAROFALO, Debora resigned
    director
  8. 2024-05-02
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2024-05-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-03-19
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2024-03-18
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  12. 2024-03-18
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-03-18
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  14. 2024-03-18
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2024-03-14
    LAGGAN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2024-03-07
    BOCCANERA, Gianluca appointed
    director
  17. 2024-03-07
    GAROFALO, Debora appointed
    director
  18. 2024-03-05
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  19. 2024-02-15
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  20. 2024-02-14
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  21. 2024-01-02
    AMNER, Adrienne Louise resigned
    director
  22. 2024-01-02
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2022-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  25. 2021-12-13
    AMNER, Adrienne Louise appointed
    director
  26. 2021-12-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  27. 2021-11-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  28. 2009-10-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As STARLIGHT ENERGY OPERATIONS UK LTD
  29. 2009-10-16
    AMNER, Roy Melville appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

Group structure

Starlight Energy Holding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Starlight Energy Holding Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
STARLIGHT ENERGY OPERATIONS UK LTD
This company · SC366966

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
Starlight Energy Holding Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Roy Melville Amnerceased 26/04/2024· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

100 Brand Street
Glasgow
G51 1DG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LAGGAN SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-03-14
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Active
AMNER, Roy Melville
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-10-16
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Active
TENDERINI, Filippo
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AMNER, Adrienne Louise
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-12-13 · resigned 2024-01-02
Resigned
BOCCANERA, Gianluca
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-03-07 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
GAROFALO, Debora
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-03-07 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-19
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-18
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-05