BLACK DOG BIOGAS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08475693 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-05
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 10.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-1.04M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35210
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 14 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
102 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,039,720
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£473k
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
-£1.0m
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£3.3m
↑ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-1.01M | £-1.27M |
| Current assets | £3.25M | £1.84M |
| Cash | £473.2k | £397.3k |
| Debtors | £1.94M | £797.4k |
| Net assets | £-1.04M | £-1.31M |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Pula Investments Limited
- 2025-06-25📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-06-24📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-07➖CURTIS, John Nicholas Buller resigneddirector
- 2024-10-01➕HUGHES, Graham Paul appointeddirector
- 2024-09-30➖BEZUIDENHOUDT, Avent Catherine resigneddirector
- 2024-09-30➖LEDDINGTON-HILL, Keith John resigneddirector
- 2024-09-30➖SYMES, Robert Brian Denis resigneddirector
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28➕ROONEY, Michael appointeddirector
- 2024-05-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-11➖IBBETSON, Charles Craig resigneddirector
- 2024-04-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-01-25➕BEZUIDENHOUDT, Avent Catherine appointeddirector
- 2024-01-25➕CURTIS, John Nicholas Buller appointeddirector
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31➖SI CAPITAL R&S I SA, SCR DE REGIMEN SIMPLIFICADO resignedcorporate-director
- 2023-08-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-10-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-09-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-09-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-08-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-31➖CROOK, Simon John, Dr resigneddirector
- 2021-12-31➖BROWN, Neil Lamond resigneddirector
- 2021-04-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-03-09➕IBBETSON, Charles Craig appointeddirector
- 2020-10-16➖CURTIS, John Nicholas Buller resigneddirector
- 2020-09-23➕BROWN, Neil Lamond appointeddirector
- 2020-04-06➕CROOK, Simon John, Dr appointeddirector
- 2017-02-20➖ADAMS, Fredrik Ninian John resigneddirector
- 2016-09-06➕CURTIS, John Nicholas Buller appointeddirector
- 2016-09-06➖POWER, Gordon Robert resigneddirector
- 2016-09-06➖TOTTY, James Thomas, Dr resigneddirector
- 2016-04-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Smartenergy Finance Two Limited
- 2014-06-10➕SYMES, Robert Brian Denis appointeddirector
- 2014-04-30➕LEDDINGTON-HILL, Keith John appointeddirector
- 2014-04-30➕POWER, Gordon Robert appointeddirector
- 2014-04-30➕TOTTY, James Thomas, Dr appointeddirector
- 2014-04-30➕SI CAPITAL R&S I SA, SCR DE REGIMEN SIMPLIFICADO appointedcorporate-director
- 2014-04-29➖CORDERY, Simon James resigneddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 53 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Sustainabe Energy Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Sustainabe Energy Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BLACK DOG BIOGAS LIMITED
This company · 08475693
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sustainabe Energy Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Earth Capital Uk Limitedceased 12/08/2022· 75-100% voting · board control
- Wcs Nominees Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
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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6 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35210 — SIC 35210
Registered office
Eccleshall Biomass Raleigh Hall Industrial Estate
Eccleshall
Stafford
ST21 6JL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05
Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)
HUGHES, Graham Paul→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2024-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROONEY, Michael→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2024-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ADAMS, Fredrik Ninian John→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2013-08-01 · resigned 2017-02-20
BEZUIDENHOUDT, Avent Catherine→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2024-01-25 · resigned 2024-09-30
BROWN, Neil Lamond→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-09-23 · resigned 2021-12-31
CORDERY, Simon James→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2014-04-29
CROOK, Simon John, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2020-04-06 · resigned 2022-01-31
CURTIS, John Nicholas Buller→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2024-01-25 · resigned 2024-11-07
CURTIS, John Nicholas Buller→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2016-09-06 · resigned 2020-10-16
IBBETSON, Charles Craig→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2021-03-09 · resigned 2024-04-11
LEDDINGTON-HILL, Keith John→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2014-04-30 · resigned 2024-09-30
POWER, Gordon Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2014-04-30 · resigned 2016-09-06
SYMES, Robert Brian Denis→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2014-06-10 · resigned 2024-09-30
TOTTY, James Thomas, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2014-04-30 · resigned 2016-09-06
SI CAPITAL R&S I SA, SCR DE REGIMEN SIMPLIFICADO→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2014-04-30 · resigned 2023-08-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Pula Investments Pula Investments Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/07/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Smartenergy Finance Two Smartenergy Finance Two Limited | A registered charge | — | 21/04/2016 | 28/04/2021 |
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Recent filings (102 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08