LC ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06296861 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-29

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.62M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46120

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.6y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 16.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,617,067

Cash YoY

+39%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£658k

↑ 39% YoY

Net Worth

£1.6m

↑ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£2.0m

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£2.17M	£1.86M
Current assets	£2.01M	£1.63M
Cash	£657.9k	£473.3k
Debtors	£819.1k	£596.5k
Net assets	£1.62M	£1.29M

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

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2024-11-11
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accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
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MUBATA, Lovemore appointed
secretary
2023-09-08
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HOPKINS, Nicola Zoe Mary resigned
secretary
2023-09-08
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officers · TM02
2023-09-08
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officers · AP03
2023-08-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-20
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-16
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2022-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-12-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2019-12-13
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-12-13
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-11-11
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mortgage · MR04
2019-11-11
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-10-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2017-12-01
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CLARK, Lucy Nicola appointed
director
2017-06-22
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BROWNING, Roger resigned
secretary
2017-06-22
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HOPKINS, Nicola Zoe Mary appointed
secretary
2013-05-20
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BROWNING, Roger appointed
secretary
2013-05-20
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers resigned
secretary
2009-10-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2007-06-29
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Company incorporated
As LC ENERGY LIMITED
2007-06-29
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LEBUS, Mark Benjamin appointed
director
2007-06-29
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MACLEAN, James Alexander appointed
director
2007-06-29
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MELHUISH, Richard Edward Fitzharding appointed
director
2007-06-29
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers appointed
secretary
2007-06-29
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers appointed
secretary
2007-06-29
➖
MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers resigned
secretary
2007-06-29
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-06-29
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-06-29
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MACLEAN, James Alexander appointed
director
2007-06-29
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MACLEAN, James Alexander resigned
director
2007-06-29
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MELHUISH, Richard Edward Fitzharding appointed
director
2007-06-29
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MELHUISH, Richard Edward Fitzharding resigned
director
2007-06-29
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-06-29
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Benjamin Lebus Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-06-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46120 — SIC 46120

Registered office

The Hay Barn, 4 Birtley Courtyard Birtley Road

Bramley

Guildford

Surrey

GU5 0LA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-15

Last: 2026-02-01