COCKERHAM GREEN ENERGY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07350120 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 11.1y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-03-01📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-03-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-01📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-09-04📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2017-09-04📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2017-01-19🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
- 2017-01-19🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
- 2017-01-19🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
- 2015-04-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Thincats Loan Syndicates Limited
- 2015-04-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Thincats Loan Syndicates Limietd
- 2015-01-29➕FELSTEAD, Mark Thomas appointeddirector
- 2010-08-18🏢Company incorporatedAs COCKERHAM GREEN ENERGY LIMITED
- 2010-08-18➕PARRY, Christopher James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
1 low5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Mark Thomas Felstead Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Christopher James Parry Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
Hillam Lane Farm Hillam Lane
Cockerham
Lancaster
LA2 0DX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FELSTEAD, Mark Thomas→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2015-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PARRY, Christopher James→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2010-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lombard North Central Lombard North Central PLC | A registered charge | — | 19/01/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lombard North Central Lombard North Central PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/01/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lombard North Central Lombard North Central PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/01/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Thincats Loan Syndicates Thincats Loan Syndicates Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/04/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Thincats Loan Syndicates Limietd | A registered charge | — | 16/04/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (52 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-03-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29