DEVIATE ENERGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC747226 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-13
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-10.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £10,848
Cash YoY
+138%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 138% YoY
Net Worth
-£11k
↓ 106% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 82% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£11k-£4k£2k£9k£15k£22kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-10.8k£-5.3k
Current assets£21.6k£11.9k
Cash£5.3k£2.2k
Debtors£16.2k£189
Net assets£-10.8k£-5.3k

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
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-03-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-05
    BEAVAN, Hannah Clare resigned
    director
  4. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-10-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As DEVIATE ENERGY LIMITED
  10. 2022-10-13
    MOYLAN, Brendan Ross appointed
    director
  11. 2022-10-13
    BEAVAN, Hannah Clare appointed
    director
  12. 2022-10-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brendan Ross Moylan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
2550%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control13/10/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Hannah Clare Beavenceased 05/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2022-10-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Staltak
St. Ola
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1SR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MOYLAN, Brendan Ross
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-10-13
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Active
BEAVAN, Hannah Clare
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-10-13 · resigned 2026-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-10-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-13