HYDRO ENERGY TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09026478 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-06

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 5.0y

75/100

ready

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

· Charge age ~5.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

23 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	400	500

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-24
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officers · AP01
2025-09-16
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RAMAGE, Toni Michelle appointed
director
2025-09-16
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PARRACK, Ian resigned
director
2024-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-18
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KING, Malcolm Anthony Wallace resigned
director
2023-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-12
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-06-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-06-30
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-06-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2021-06-28
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mortgage · MR01
2021-06-28
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-06-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-06-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-18
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FOSTER, Martin Creassey appointed
director
2021-06-18
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TURNER, Alan Gerard appointed
director
2021-06-18
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COULL, Andrew resigned
director
2021-06-18
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GUINNESS, Edward Benjamin Newton resigned
director
2021-06-18
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HUNTER, Kenneth George resigned
director
2021-06-18
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PARRACK, Ian appointed
director
2021-06-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2021-06-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2018-08-21
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KING, Malcolm Anthony Wallace appointed
director
2018-02-26
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FOSTER, Roy Neil appointed
director
2017-10-10
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HUNTER, Kenneth George appointed
director
2017-09-13
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EXTERNAL OFFICER LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2017-08-01
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WALSH, Andrew John resigned
director
2015-10-23
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WALSH, Andrew John appointed
director
2015-04-01
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GUINNESS, Edward Benjamin Newton appointed
director
2015-04-01
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ROWE, James Richard resigned
director
2014-05-06
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Company incorporated
As HYDRO ENERGY TRADING LIMITED
2014-05-06
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COULL, Andrew appointed
director
2014-05-06
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ROWE, James Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Scottish Hydro Investment Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Scottish Hydro Investment Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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HYDRO ENERGY TRADING LIMITED

This company · 09026478

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
Scottish Hydro Investment Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	17/06/2019

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-05-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

C/O External Services Limited, Central House 20 Central Avenue

St Andrews Business Park

Norwich

NR7 0HR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31