CARLTON WOOD RENEWABLES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08115583 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-22
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£665.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £665,660
Cash YoY
+29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.2m
↑ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£666k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£1.4m
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£272k£544k£816k£1.1m£1.4mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£665.7k£546.8k
Current assets£1.36M£1.12M
Cash£1.20M£932.3k
Debtors£160.7k£192.7k
Net assets£665.7k£546.8k

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

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-13
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-06-21
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  4. 2022-06-30
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  5. 2021-05-04
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-04-21
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-10
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  8. 2020-02-10
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2019-12-16
    VERE-LAURIE, George Anthony resigned
    director
  10. 2019-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-24
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-09-21
    ALMENDRES DUENAS, Eva Maria appointed
    director
  13. 2018-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-29
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  15. 2017-06-27
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  16. 2017-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2016-07-06
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  18. 2016-06-29
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  19. 2012-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CARLTON WOOD RENEWABLES LIMITED
  20. 2012-06-22
    VERE-LAURIE, George Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Eva Maria, Almendres Duenas
Individual · Spanish · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/06/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr George Anthony Vere-Laurieceased 16/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2012-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

6 Castle Gate
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ALMENDRES DUENAS, Eva Maria
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-09-21
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Active
VERE-LAURIE, George Anthony
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-06-22 · resigned 2019-12-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12