FLOATING POWER PLANT LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC500447 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-13
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-599.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £599,188

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£599k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 396% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£599k-£478k-£357k-£237k-£116k£5kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-599.2k£-491.6k
Current assets£5.1k£1.0k
Net assets£-599.2k£-491.6k

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

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-28
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    MELLENTIN, Christian resigned
    director
  7. 2021-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-10-01
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    BROCK, Michael Gustav resigned
    director
  12. 2018-10-15
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    address · AD01
  13. 2018-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-23
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    MELLENTIN, Christian appointed
    director
  16. 2017-03-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-01-19
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    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2016-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-09-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2016-05-01
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    BROWN, Graham appointed
    director
  21. 2016-05-01
    ➕
    KOHLER, Anders appointed
    director
  22. 2016-05-01
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    BROCK, Michael Gustav appointed
    director
  23. 2015-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As FLOATING POWER PLANT LTD
  24. 2015-03-13
    ➕
    NICKOLS, Adrian David 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

Floating Power Plant A/S is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Floating Power Plant A/S
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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FLOATING POWER PLANT LTD
This company · SC500447

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
Floating Power Plant A/S
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

48 Turretbank Drive
Crieff
PH7 4LW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Graham→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KOHLER, Anders→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICKOLS, Adrian David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROCK, Michael Gustav→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-05-01 · resigned 2019-10-01
Resigned
MELLENTIN, Christian→
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-03-23 · resigned 2021-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-10-31