BICKER FEN ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04300047 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-09-18
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    REHMANWALA, Asif appointed
    director
  6. 2022-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-29
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  11. 2019-10-29
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  12. 2019-10-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2019-10-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-10-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2019-05-03
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    COWLING, Tom resigned
    secretary
  16. 2019-05-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-03-15
    ➖
    CATHERALL, Philip resigned
    secretary
  20. 2018-03-15
    ➕
    COWLING, Tom appointed
    secretary
  21. 2017-02-22
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    WHEATCROFT, Paul David resigned
    director
  22. 2015-03-31
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    WHEATCROFT, Paul David appointed
    director
  23. 2003-11-14
    ➕
    CATHERALL, Philip appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-11-14
    ➖
    TRIGG, Andrew John resigned
    secretary
  25. 2001-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BICKER FEN ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED
  26. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    VINCE, Dale appointed
    director
  27. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    TRIGG, Andrew John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-10-05
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2001-10-05
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Ecotricity Holding Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Ecotricity Holding Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BICKER FEN ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED
This company · 04300047

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
Ecotricity Holding Company Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/10/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ecotricity Holding Company Ltdceased 15/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Ecotricity Group Limitedceased 05/10/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2001-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Lion House
Rowcroft
Stroud
Glos
GL5 3BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

REHMANWALA, Asif→
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VINCE, Dale→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CATHERALL, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-14 · resigned 2018-03-15
Resigned
COWLING, Tom→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-15 · resigned 2019-05-03
Resigned
TRIGG, Andrew John→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2003-11-14
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2001-10-05
Resigned
WHEATCROFT, Paul David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-03-31 · resigned 2017-02-22
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2001-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30