ACCORD ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC383289 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-06

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£3.43M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,431,553

Cash YoY

+1%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2.0m

↑ 1.3% YoY

Net Worth

£3.4m

↑ 5.1% YoY

Current Assets

£3.7m

↑ 6.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£3.45M	£3.28M
Current assets	£3.71M	£3.49M
Cash	£1.98M	£1.96M
Debtors	£1.73M	£1.53M
Net assets	£3.43M	£3.27M

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

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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2025-02-18
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2024-03-05
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2023-03-24
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2022-06-15
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2022-06-15
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officers · AP01
2022-06-15
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officers · AP01
2022-06-14
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HOLLAND, David Michael appointed
director
2022-06-14
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THOMSON, Tamara Anne appointed
director
2022-06-01
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SPENCE, Alexander Alan resigned
director
2022-03-25
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2021-04-19
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2020-05-25
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2019-06-20
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address · AD01
2019-05-28
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2018-05-07
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2017-02-17
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2016-03-14
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2015-11-19
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MACKENZIE, Rebecca Susan appointed
director
2015-11-19
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MACDONALD, Walter Stewart resigned
director
2013-08-28
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INGLIS, George Gordon appointed
director
2013-08-28
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MACDONALD, Walter Stewart appointed
director
2011-10-10
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SPENCE, Alexander Alan appointed
director
2011-08-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-08-06
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Company incorporated
As ACCORD ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2010-08-06
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ARTHUR, James Alexander appointed
director
2010-08-06
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STOCKTON, Phillip James appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-08-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

58 Carden Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1UP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-02

Last: 2025-07-19