CROW HILL END POWER LTD

🌳Matureactive
08377985 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 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
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-28
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-08-28
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    Charge satisfied #3
  4. 2025-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-02-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-02-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-30
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-04-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2015-04-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2015-02-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2013-09-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Agribank PLC
  21. 2013-09-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Agribank PLC
  22. 2013-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CROW HILL END POWER LTD
  23. 2013-01-28
    LUMB, Moira Marjorie appointed
    director
  24. 2013-01-28
    LUMB, Stuart Ian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Moira Marjorie Lumb
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stuart Ian Lumbceased 01/12/2024· 25-50% shares

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

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6 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
Incorporated2013-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Crow Hill End Farm Crow Hill Road
Triangle
Sowerby Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX6 3HA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LUMB, Moira Marjorie
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-01-28
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Active
LUMB, Stuart Ian
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-01-28
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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge11/02/201528/08/2025
satisfied
Agribank
Agribank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/09/201320/04/2015
satisfied
Agribank
Agribank PLC
A registered charge1 property30/09/201320/04/2015

Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17