CHATLEIGH ENERGY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08863910 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-28
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-12.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
44 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,788
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£13k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-12.8k | £-12.8k |
| Current assets | £1.2k | £1.2k |
| Net assets | £-12.8k | £-12.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-08-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-01➕MEDLOCK, Steven James appointeddirector
- 2024-01-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-17➖MEDLOCK, Peter John resigneddirector
- 2023-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-04-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-04-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-10-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-10-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-29📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-10-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-25➖AMBRIDGE, Antony Christopher resignedsecretary
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-15➕AMBRIDGE, Antony Christopher appointedsecretary
- 2020-05-15➖PHIPPS, Peter resignedsecretary
- 2017-04-18➕MEDLOCK, Peter John appointeddirector
- 2014-01-28🏢Company incorporatedAs CHATLEIGH ENERGY LIMITED
- 2014-01-28➕MEDLOCK, David John appointeddirector
- 2014-01-28➕PHIPPS, Peter appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
81/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
39/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MEDLOCK, Steven James (same surname) appointed 2024-07-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- 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 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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
Chatleigh Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Chatleigh Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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CHATLEIGH ENERGY LIMITED
This company · 08863910
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chatleigh Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 28/07/2025 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Chatleigh Limitedceased 28/07/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Cw Renewable Energy Limitedceased 26/04/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Chatleigh Limitedceased 26/04/2023· 25-50% shares
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
Suite 4 St George's Lodge
33 Oldfield Road
Bath
Somerset
BA2 3NE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
MEDLOCK, David John→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2014-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MEDLOCK, Steven James→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2024-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AMBRIDGE, Antony Christopher→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2020-05-15 · resigned 2022-10-25
PHIPPS, Peter→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2014-01-28 · resigned 2020-05-15
MEDLOCK, Peter John→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2017-04-18 · resigned 2024-01-17
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30