AUCHMORE ENERGY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC406865 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£300.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £300,845
Cash YoY
+33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£73k
↑ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£301k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Assets
£142k
↓ 6.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£60k£120k£181k£241k£301kAug 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-08-31
Total assets£362.6k£341.0k
Current assets£141.8k£151.5k
Cash£73.2k£54.8k
Debtors£68.7k£96.7k
Net assets£300.8k£276.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2025-07-24
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  3. 2025-05-19
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  4. 2024-05-28
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  5. 2023-04-26
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  6. 2022-05-16
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  7. 2021-05-21
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  8. 2020-05-27
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  9. 2019-05-30
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  10. 2018-05-29
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  11. 2017-07-14
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  12. 2017-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2017-05-31
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  14. 2016-10-04
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  15. 2016-05-27
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  16. 2015-09-13
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  17. 2014-08-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Close Leasing Limited (Registered Number 06377532)
  18. 2011-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AUCHMORE ENERGY LTD
  19. 2011-09-06
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Sheena Mairi appointed
    director
  20. 2011-09-06
    ➕
    MACKENZIE, Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Sheena Mairi Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-09-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Auchmore Farm House
Auchmore Farm
Muir Of Ord
Ross-Shire
IV6 7XB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Sheena Mairi→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-09-06
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Active
MACKENZIE, Stephen→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Close Leasing (Registered Number 06377532)
Close Leasing Limited (Registered Number 06377532)
A registered charge—28/08/201414/07/2017

Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
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accounts · AA01
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
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accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-06