HC ESS2 LIMITED
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Cash
£322k
-43.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£17m
-18.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2.7m
+15.7% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £2,110,169 | £1,883,454 | £2,299,438 | +22.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,042,122 | -£1,261,357 | -£618,337 | +51% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,942,687 | -£3,149,046 | -£2,653,488 | +15.7% | |
| Net profit | -£2,942,687 | -£3,149,046 | -£2,653,488 | +15.7% | |
| Cash | £186,241 | £573,894 | £321,824 | -43.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£11,211,134 | -£14,360,180 | -£17,013,668 | -18.5% | |
| Net assets | -£11,211,134 | -£14,360,180 | -£17,013,668 | -18.5% | |
| Equity | -£11,211,134 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 3 | 2 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £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 | -49.4% | -67.0% | -26.9% | |
| Net margin | -139.5% | -167.2% | -115.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 215.8% | 263.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.02x | 0.05x | 0.03x | |
| Interest cover | -0.55x | -0.64x | -0.30x |
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
“Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the financial year end, HC ESS2 Limited entered into a contract for the supply of battery energy storage assets. The total contracted value of the agreement is approximately £1.2m, to be settled in staged payments over the contract term.”
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%, Appoints 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 52 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2021-09-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.