SONAS ENERGY LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC441200 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£34.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £34,639
Cash YoY
+27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
↑ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£35k
↑ 89% YoY
Current Assets
£50k
↑ 145% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£50kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£34.6k£18.3k
Current assets£49.5k£20.2k
Cash£19.4k£15.3k
Debtors£30.1k£4.9k
Net assets£34.6k£18.3k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-03-30
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  4. 2023-03-18
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  5. 2022-03-31
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  6. 2021-04-07
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  7. 2020-03-31
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  8. 2019-03-15
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  9. 2018-03-26
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  10. 2017-03-01
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  11. 2016-11-14
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  12. 2016-06-13
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  13. 2016-06-13
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  14. 2016-06-13
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  15. 2016-06-06
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    TELFORD, David William, Dr appointed
    director
  16. 2016-06-06
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    TELFORD, Heather Isabella resigned
    director
  17. 2016-02-15
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  18. 2015-01-24
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    QUINN, Joseph resigned
    director
  19. 2015-01-24
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    TELFORD, Heather Isabella appointed
    director
  20. 2013-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As SONAS ENERGY LTD.
  21. 2013-01-25
    ➕
    QUINN, Joseph appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Dr David William Telford
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2013-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

5 Military Drive
Portpatrick
Stranraer
Wigtownshire
DG9 8LR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

TELFORD, David William, Dr→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-06-06
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Active
QUINN, Joseph→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-01-25 · resigned 2015-01-24
Resigned
TELFORD, Heather Isabella→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-01-24 · resigned 2016-06-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

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2026-03-31
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2026-02-17
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2025-03-31
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2025-02-05
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2024-03-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
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2023-03-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-29
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2022-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
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accounts · AA
2021-04-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
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2020-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-15