HOOTON BIO POWER LIMITED
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Cash
£3.9m
+479.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£178m
-23.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£34m
+21.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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 | £15,173,743 | £17,545,441 | £19,057,109 | +8.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£8,346,595 | -£14,154,027 | -£2,859,237 | +79.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£38,307,739 | -£43,113,159 | -£33,887,816 | +21.4% | |
| Net profit | -£38,307,739 | -£43,113,159 | -£33,887,816 | +21.4% | |
| Cash | £1,320,640 | £669,223 | £3,875,423 | +479.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £172,166,286 | £137,950,966 | £114,762,418 | -16.8% | |
| Net assets | -£101,223,389 | -£144,477,919 | -£178,365,735 | -23.5% | |
| Equity | -£101,223,389 | -£144,477,919 | -£178,365,735 | -23.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -55.0% | -80.7% | -15.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -177.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.8% | -10.3% | -2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 148.1% | 175.3% | 193.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 0.07x | 0.12x | |
| Interest cover | -0.28x | -0.49x | -0.09x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have received confirmation through separate letters of support from Aviva Investors Infrastructure... that they will not seek repayment of any part of the intercompany debt, for at least twelve months... the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVIVA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-10-24 | — | — |
| BIRD, Deborah Jane | Director | 2026-03-03 | Sep 1975 | British |
| SHERVELL, Ian, Mr. | Director | 2020-01-28 | Oct 1978 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKING, Ian Charles | Director | 2015-01-13 | 2018-10-23 |
| HERRIOTT, Charles William Grant | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2026-03-06 |
| MURRAY, Frederick Henry | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2020-09-08 |
| NAIRN, David Alexander | Director | 2015-01-13 | 2017-05-03 |
| PIKE, David | Director | 2015-01-13 | 2017-05-03 |
| SHARDLOW, Susan | Director | 2017-08-03 | 2017-12-12 |
| TOUZARD, Jolanta | Director | 2018-10-23 | 2022-12-01 |
| VLAH, Allan Thomas | Director | 2018-10-23 | 2021-01-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviva Investors Realm Infrastructure No.3 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2018-10-24 | Active |
| Eastham Bio Power Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-05-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-04-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2024-03-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.