SELOCH ENERGY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC643318 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-02
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£42
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
  • 74901Environmental consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
31 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £42

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£42
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-31
Total assets£9.6k
Current assets£8.4k
Net assets£42

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2024-12-23
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  4. 2024-12-23
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  5. 2024-12-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  7. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-08-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-29
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  13. 2022-02-11
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  14. 2022-02-10
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  15. 2022-02-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-06-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-06-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-02-03
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    YOUNG, William David appointed
    director
  21. 2019-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As SELOCH ENERGY LTD
  22. 2019-10-02
    ➕
    OCHEI, Joe Chiedu appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 65. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joe Chiedu Ochei
Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest02/10/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Anulika Adaobi Pearl Ocheiceased 10/02/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2019-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

250 Union Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1TN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

OCHEI, Joe Chiedu→
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-10-02
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Active
YOUNG, William David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-02-03
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Active

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-29