SONNEDIX COWLEY LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£4.9m
-7.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£141k
+66.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£36,188 | -£273,001 | -£85,948 | +68.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£36,188 | -£422,690 | -£140,709 | +66.7% | |
| Net profit | -£36,188 | -£422,690 | -£140,709 | +66.7% | |
| Cash | — | £8,125 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,190,435 | £13,563,730 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£4,202,046 | -£4,617,005 | — | — | |
| Equity | — | -£4,617,005 | -£4,945,000 | -7.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -2.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 288.3% | 132.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.07x | 0.06x | — | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.82x | -0.62x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SONNEDIX COWLEY LIMITED 2022-12-14 → present
- LIGHTSOURCE SPV 100 LIMITED 2013-10-28 → 2022-12-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “During 2023, the Company entered into a CfD to hedge the price of expected future energy sales when its solar plant becomes operational. The deferral difference on this CfD was £12,852,853 at initial recognition and at year end. The deferral difference will be amortised over the payment period of the CfD which is expected to commence in 2026.”
- “On 17 January 2024 the Company entered into a £100 million intra-group credit facility from its parent company Sonnedix UK Ponte Limited. Interest on the outstanding balance is charged at 6-month SONIA plus 4.5% and the loan is repayable by 31 December 2050.”
- “Until 25 June 2025, the company's immediate parent was Sonnedix UK Ponte Limited, which transferred its shareholding and associated shareholder loan to Sonnedix UK Toro Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDRU, Matei | Director | 2025-07-28 | Feb 1977 | British |
| BATEMAN, David Hartley, Mr. | Director | 2024-05-08 | Nov 1984 | British |
| FAU, Jean-Philippe | Director | 2023-02-28 | Oct 1966 | French |
| PACKWOOD, Samantha Anne | Director | 2022-11-29 | Aug 1985 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHUR, Timothy | Director | 2013-10-28 | 2016-10-05 |
| BOUTONNAT, Kareen Alexandra Patricia | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2022-03-23 |
| CATLIN-HALLETT, William Andrew | Director | 2022-11-29 | 2024-02-28 |
| CORDA, Marissa Catherine | Director | 2022-11-29 | 2023-02-28 |
| DESOUZA, Alexandra Sian | Director | 2022-09-21 | 2022-11-29 |
| HARDIE, Ian David | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-04-05 |
| KEMP, Philip James, Mr. | Director | 2024-02-28 | 2025-07-28 |
| REALE, Tara | Director | 2022-01-21 | 2022-11-29 |
| RODRIGUEZ, Eneko | Director | 2022-01-21 | 2022-07-15 |
| TURNER, Mark | Director | 2013-10-28 | 2019-03-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnedix Uk Toro Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-25 | Active |
| Sonnedix Uk Ponte Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-02-06 | Ceased 2025-06-25 |
| Sonnedix Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-29 | Ceased 2024-02-06 |
| Lightsource Holdings 3 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-24 | Ceased 2022-11-29 |
| Lightsource Renewable Energy Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.