BIOMETHANE (CASTLE EATON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09512414 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-26
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 9.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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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 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 3 insolvency-related filings on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (53/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-31
Average employees300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-25
    ➕
    HAWKSMOOR PARTNERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  4. 2025-03-25
    ➖
    MAY, Graham Philip resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-03-25
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  6. 2025-03-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-01-11
    ➕
    ROGERS, William Andrew appointed
    director
  10. 2024-01-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-12-31
    ➖
    BROWN, Christopher Frederick resigned
    director
  12. 2023-07-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-08-29
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2022-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-04-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-12-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-12-17
    ➕
    BROWN, Christopher Frederick appointed
    director
  20. 2020-11-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-09-29
    ⚠️
    liquidation-in-administration-progress-report
    insolvency · AM10
  22. 2020-09-28
    ⚠️
    liquidation-in-administration-automatic-end-of-case
    insolvency · AM20
  23. 2020-09-08
    📄
    mortgage-alter-charge-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR07
  24. 2020-08-27
    ⚠️
    liquidation-in-administration-appointment-of-administrator
    insolvency · AM01
  25. 2020-08-14
    ➕
    BULLEN, Dean Peter appointed
    director
  26. 2020-08-14
    ➕
    MAY, Graham Philip appointed
    secretary
  27. 2020-08-14
    ➖
    ARCHARD, Thomas Reginald Dennis resigned
    director
  28. 2020-08-14
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Privilege Project Finance Limited
  29. 2018-02-16
    ➖
    MEKITARIAN, Leon John resigned
    director
  30. 2017-01-17
    ➖
    CARR, William resigned
    director
  31. 2016-07-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Thomas Reginald Archard
  32. 2016-07-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Privilege Project Finance Limited
  33. 2016-07-19
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Privilege Project Finance Limited
  34. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    ARCHARD, Thomas Reginald Dennis appointed
    director
  35. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    MEKITARIAN, Leon John appointed
    director
  36. 2015-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIOMETHANE (CASTLE EATON) LIMITED
  37. 2015-03-26
    ➕
    CARR, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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 signal

Limited 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

1 high · 1 med ·
3 insolvency-related filings on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2020-09-29: liquidation-in-administration-progress-report; 2020-09-28: liquidation-in-administration-automatic-end-of-case

Has insolvency history
medium

Companies House flags prior insolvency events. Review the insolvency filings for context.

Group structure

Privilege Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Privilege Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BIOMETHANE (CASTLE EATON) LIMITED
This company · 09512414

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
Privilege Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares14/08/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Thomas Reginald Dennis Archardceased 14/08/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Biogas Renewable Energy Limitedceased 17/10/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35210 — SIC 35210

Registered office

The Old School High Street
Stretham
Ely
CB6 3LD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HAWKSMOOR PARTNERS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BULLEN, Dean Peter→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERS, William Andrew→
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAY, Graham Philip→
secretary · appointed 2020-08-14 · resigned 2025-03-25
Resigned
ARCHARD, Thomas Reginald Dennis→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-09-01 · resigned 2020-08-14
Resigned
BROWN, Christopher Frederick→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-12-17 · resigned 2023-12-31
Resigned
CARR, William→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-26 · resigned 2017-01-17
Resigned
MEKITARIAN, Leon John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-09-01 · resigned 2018-02-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Privilege Project Finance
Privilege Project Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property14/08/2020—
part-satisfied
Thomas Reginald Archard
A registered charge—19/07/2016—
outstanding
Privilege Project Finance
Privilege Project Finance Limited
A registered charge3 properties19/07/2016—
outstanding
Privilege Project Finance
Privilege Project Finance Limited
A registered charge2 properties19/07/2016—
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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-03-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-04