AURORA ENERGY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05207166 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-16
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.29M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.1y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,289,142
Cash YoY
+17%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.4m
↑ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.29M | £1.12M |
| Current assets | £1.65M | £1.50M |
| Cash | £1.41M | £1.21M |
| Debtors | £237.0k | £290.7k |
| Net assets | £1.29M | £1.12M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-03-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-03-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-05-27🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2009-03-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC C/O Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Limited
- 2006-12-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2006-05-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2004-08-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AURORA ENERGY LIMITED
- 2004-08-16➕CROSS, Rosemary Ann appointedsecretary
- 2004-08-16➕CROSS, David Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 22 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Andrew Cross Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 16/08/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Rosemary Ann Crossceased 22/12/2022· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| VALE GREEN ENERGY LIMITED→ 07976821 · est 2012 | £35.10M £25.27M–£44.92M | £25.64M | — | 2200 | 14y | 84 | 61y |
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| BENECO ENERGY LIMITED→ 05166984 · est 2004 | — | — | £343.0k | — | 21y | 82 | 75y |
| HT WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED→ 04119808 · est 2000 | — | — | £1.45M | — | 25y | 82 | 65y |
| CHURCH FARM BARNS LIMITED→ 04093973 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | 81 | 71y |
| A.K. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED→ 03149903 · est 1996 | — | — | £23.0k | — | 30y | 80 | 60y |
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| FARM GREEN ENERGY LIMITED→ 12419625 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| FRESCO ENERGY LIMITED→ 11164902 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| G P PIPELINES LIMITED→ 05741559 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| JOHNSON BROS COMPOUNDING LIMITED→ 03543352 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
The Old Rectory
Hinton On The Green
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 2QU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CROSS, Rosemary Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-08-16
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CROSS, David Andrew→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2004-08-16
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 27/05/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC C/O Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Limited | Mortgage | 1 property | 25/03/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 29/12/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/05/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (61 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22