APPONO ENERGY LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC819598 · ltd · incorporated 2024-08-15
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
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-31

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
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPONO ENERGY LIMITED
  6. 2024-08-15
    HILLIS, John Albert Mitchell appointed
    director
  7. 2024-08-15
    📄
    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 1.7 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Talamh Muir Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Talamh Muir Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
APPONO ENERGY LIMITED
This company · SC819598

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Talamh Muir Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/08/2024

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
Incorporated2024-08-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Clarity Accounting (Scotland) Ltd
234 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 4QY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HILLIS, John Albert Mitchell
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-08-15
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Recent filings (6 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-08-15