DENECO ENERGY SCOTLAND LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC801040 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-29
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£0
Net assets£0

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
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-02-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-06-11
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2025-05-20
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-02-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DENECO ENERGY SCOTLAND LTD
  7. 2024-02-29
    DENNY, Kristofer appointed
    director
  8. 2024-02-29
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-14

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kristofer Denny
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

24 Pitairlie Road
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 3RH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-14OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DENNY, Kristofer
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-02-29
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Recent filings (7 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-02-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-29