MORE ENERGY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC442996 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-18

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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

Metric	2026-03-31
Average employees	2

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

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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2026-04-28
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2025-05-20
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2024-05-27
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2023-05-12
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accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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accounts · AA
2022-08-15
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LAIRD, Ewan Sinclair appointed
director
2022-08-15
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PAPPIN, Amanda Jane appointed
director
2022-08-15
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HAYES, Sean Kieran resigned
director
2022-08-15
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2022-08-15
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officers · TM01
2022-08-15
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2022-08-15
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2022-08-15
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2022-08-15
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2021-11-05
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accounts · AA
2021-02-08
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2019-10-24
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2019-08-26
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2019-08-26
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address · AD01
2019-02-23
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HAYES, Diane resigned
director
2013-02-18
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Company incorporated
As MORE ENERGY LTD
2013-02-18
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HAYES, Diane appointed
director
2013-02-18
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HAYES, Sean Kieran appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ewan Sinclair Laird Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest	15/08/2022
Ms Amanda Jane Pappin Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest	15/08/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Sean Kieran Hayesceased 15/08/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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

Incorporated2013-02-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

3 Carden Terrace

Aberdeen

AB10 1US

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-04

Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LAIRD, Ewan Sinclair→

director · ~50y · appointed 2022-08-15

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Active

PAPPIN, Amanda Jane→

director · ~69y · appointed 2022-08-15

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Active

HAYES, Diane→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-02-18 · resigned 2019-02-23

Resigned

HAYES, Sean Kieran→

director · ~56y · appointed 2013-02-18 · resigned 2022-08-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

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2026-05-06

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2026-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-05-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-11-28

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2022-08-15

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-08-15

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2022-08-15

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2022-08-15

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officers · AP01

2022-08-15