ECO ENERG SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06063207 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-23

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£229

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £229

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£229

↑ 129% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↑ 2612% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£229	£100
Current assets	£2.7k	£100
Net assets	£229	£100

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-10-16
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accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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accounts · AA
2023-10-11
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accounts · AA
2022-10-11
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accounts · AA
2021-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-09
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accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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accounts · AA
2018-10-29
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accounts · AA
2018-06-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-10-16
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accounts · AA
2017-09-25
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SAMS, Linda Joan resigned
secretary
2017-09-25
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SAMS, Linda Joan resigned
director
2017-09-25
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officers · TM01
2017-09-25
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officers · TM02
2017-04-12
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address · AD01
2016-09-28
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accounts · AA
2016-06-13
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annual-return · AR01
2007-01-23
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Company incorporated
As ECO ENERG SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2007-01-23
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SAMS, Craig Fraser appointed
director
2007-01-23
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SAMS, Linda Joan appointed
secretary
2007-01-23
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SAMS, Linda Joan appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

clean

No 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Craig Fraser Sams Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Linda Joan Samsceased 07/06/2018· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

101 Galgate

Barnard Castle

DL12 8ES

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-21

Last: 2026-06-07

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SAMS, Craig Fraser→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-01-23

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Active

SAMS, Linda Joan→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2017-09-25

Resigned

SAMS, Linda Joan→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2017-09-25

Resigned

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