CHICHESTER POWER LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
09112715 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-02
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,182,239

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£1.18M£4.84M
Average employees3300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-15
    VAN DEN ENDE, Hermanus Lourentius Gerardus appointed
    director
  10. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-07-01
    VAN DEN ENDE, Hermanus Lourentius Gerardus resigned
    director
  13. 2020-05-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-03-10
    HOUWELING, Marcel appointed
    secretary
  15. 2020-03-10
    SEARLE, Robert appointed
    secretary
  16. 2020-03-10
    HOUWELING, Dirk resigned
    secretary
  17. 2020-03-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2020-03-10
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2020-03-10
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  20. 2020-03-10
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  21. 2019-11-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2019-11-21
    HOUWELING, Dick Johannes appointed
    director
  23. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2016-12-09
    HOUWELING, Dirk appointed
    secretary
  26. 2014-07-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHICHESTER POWER LIMITED
  27. 2014-07-02
    VAN DEN ENDE, Hermanus Lourentius Gerardus appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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.

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

Chichester Power Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Chichester Power Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CHICHESTER POWER LIMITED
This company · 09112715

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Chichester Power Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/03/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Dirk Houwelingceased 13/12/2019· 75-100% 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.

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8 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
Incorporated2014-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

The Old Airfield City Fields Way
Tangmere
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 2FT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HOUWELING, Marcel
secretary · appointed 2020-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEARLE, Robert
secretary · appointed 2020-03-10
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Active
HOUWELING, Dick Johannes
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VAN DEN ENDE, Hermanus Lourentius Gerardus
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOUWELING, Dirk
secretary · appointed 2016-12-09 · resigned 2020-03-10
Resigned
VAN DEN ENDE, Hermanus Lourentius Gerardus
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-07-02 · resigned 2020-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05