TARANIS ENERGY LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC797253 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-31
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35210
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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
1 year 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 | 2025-01-31 |
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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
3
filings
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-03📄legacymiscellaneous · RP01PSC01
- 2026-02-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-17📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2025-10-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-10➕SNEDDON, Andrew Douglas, Dr appointeddirector
- 2024-01-31🏢Company incorporatedAs TARANIS ENERGY LIMITED
- 2024-01-31➕WILLIAMS, Hywel Watkin appointeddirector
- 2024-01-31📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Hywel Watkin Williams Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/01/2024 |
Dr Andrew Douglas Sneddon Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 10/10/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIS WASTE SERVICES LIMITED→ SC254990 · est 2003 | £25.56M £18.40M–£32.71M | £17.10M | — | 11200 | 22y | 83 | 53y |
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| BENZIES RENEWABLE POWER LTD.→ SC352727 · est 2008 | — | — | £3.02M | — | 17y | 82 | 70y |
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| GREEN FUTURE FARMS LIMITED→ SC372839 · est 2010 | — | — | £2.15M | — | 16y | 82 | 59y |
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| MEMSIE RENEWABLES LTD.→ SC378551 · est 2010 | — | — | £115.9k | — | 15y | 82 | 86y |
| MUIRDEN 1 LIMITED→ SC372838 · est 2010 | — | — | £11.38M | — | 16y | 82 | 84y |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35210 — SIC 35210
Registered office
12 Colsea Road
Cove Bay
Aberdeen
AB12 3GL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SNEDDON, Andrew Douglas, Dr→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2025-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMS, Hywel Watkin→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2024-01-31
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Recent filings (9 total)
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-31