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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-22 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-02-08

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£574K

+208.1% vs 2023

Net assets

-£14M

-28.1% vs 2023

Employees

2

-33.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£3M

-7% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £2,110,169£1,883,454
Operating profit -£1,042,122-£1,261,357
Profit before tax -£2,942,687-£3,149,046
Net profit -£2,942,687-£3,149,046
Cash £186,241£573,894
Total assets less current liabilities -£11,211,134-£14,360,180
Net assets -£11,211,134-£14,360,180
Equity -£11,211,134-£14,360,180
Average employees 32
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. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -49.4%-67.0%
Net margin -139.5%-167.2%
Return on capital employed 9.3%8.8%
Current ratio 0.02x0.05x
Interest cover -0.55x-0.64x

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. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Forecasts have been prepared that show the company is able to operate for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors have also made enquiries with the directors of the immediate parent undertaking, Gresham House Energy Storage Holdings Ltd, with regards to the repayment of the loan the company has with it. As detailed in note 11, the loan is repayable on demand of the lender. The directors understand that this will not be called unless the company has the ability to make the repayment.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BECK, Stephen James Director 2019-12-12 Dec 1973 British
GUEST, Benjamin James Ernest Director 2017-02-09 Mar 1973 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
AYDINOGLU, Bozkurt Director 2017-02-09 2023-06-30
OWEN, Gareth Edward Director 2017-02-09 2024-03-15
THOMAS, Marc Jason, Dr Director 2017-06-05 2020-01-01
WANG, Zhenni, Dr Director 2017-06-05 2020-01-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Grid Holdco 1 Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm 2025-08-22 Active
Gresham House Energy Storage Holdings Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2021-08-31 Ceased 2025-08-22
Hc Ess2 Holdco Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2017-08-22 Ceased 2021-08-31
Mr Benjamin James Ernest Guest Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2017-02-09 Ceased 2017-08-22
Hc Ess 1 Llp Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-02-09 Ceased 2017-08-22

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 51 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2021-10-06 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-02-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-04 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-04 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-06-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-12-18 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-02-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-10-06 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2021-10-06 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2021-09-13 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2021-09-13 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2021-07-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-03-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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