PLUG MONTROSE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC772812 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-15

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Based in Montrose, Scotland, this small business likely provides general administrative and back-office support services to other businesses, though the generic SIC code and "Plug" branding may suggest a connector or intermediary role; the exact nature of day-to-day activity remains broadly unclear beyond business support functions.

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-06-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-05
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-07-12
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capital · SH08
2023-07-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-07-10
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capital · SH01
2023-07-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-07
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EMERSON, Christina Clare appointed
director
2023-07-07
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HUTCHINSON, Thomas James Linklater appointed
director
2023-07-07
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STUART, Peter John appointed
director
2023-06-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-15
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Company incorporated
As PLUG MONTROSE LIMITED
2023-06-15
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BOS, Maria appointed
director
2023-06-15
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TVEITEVAG, Pal appointed
director
2023-06-15
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VELKEN, Ingrid Von Streng appointed
director
2023-06-15
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

60/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️

Montrose Port Authority

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Plug Shore Power Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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PLUG MONTROSE LIMITED

This company · SC772812

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Montrose Port Authority Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	05/09/2023
Plug Shore Power Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/06/2023

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2023-06-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Inchbraoch House South Quay

Ferryden

Montrose

DD10 9SL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14