DEVONIAN PETROLEUM LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC564994 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-04
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-06-30 | 2023-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-21📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-02-21📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2021-11-12📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2021-11-12📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2021-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-08-24📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-02-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-06-29📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-06-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-09-20➕TARENOV, Murat appointeddirector
- 2017-05-04🏢Company incorporatedAs DEVONIAN PETROLEUM LIMITED
- 2017-05-04➕MURRAY, Alastair Louis appointeddirector
- 2017-05-04➕WHITELEY, Nigel appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Damir Tarenov Individual · Kazakh · DOB 06/1983 · age 43 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 19/06/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Nigel Whiteleyceased 05/09/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Alastair Louis Murrayceased 05/09/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| DUNCAN WALKER PARTNERSHIP LIMITED→ SC515610 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| DUST CO (SCOTLAND) LTD→ SC617876 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| DW DRAUGHTING LTD→ SC860898 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EA INDEPENDENT LTD→ SC572457 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| EARTHLY ENERGY LIMITED→ SC772433 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| EAST SUFFOLK GROUP LIMITED→ SC842878 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| EBOR POLITICAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ SC616654 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| EBTS LTD→ SC327537 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| EDEN MILL RETAIL HOLDINGS LTD→ SC535328 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| EDEN SCOTT (ABERDEEN) LIMITED→ SC362015 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| EDEN SCOTT LTD→ SC243605 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| EDIBLE ESTATES CIC→ SC569259 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Muirfield Green Lodge
Duncur Road
Gullane
EH31 2EF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MURRAY, Alastair Louis→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2017-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TARENOV, Murat→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2017-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITELEY, Nigel→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2017-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-02-21
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-02-21
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2021-11-12
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11