ELECTRIC CELLAR LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09608989 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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 (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
52 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees300600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
    GALLAGHER, Nichola Elaine resigned
    director
  2. 2026-04-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-10-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-10-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2024-07-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-06-25
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2024-06-25
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  12. 2024-06-21
    GALLAGHER, Nichola Elaine appointed
    director
  13. 2024-06-21
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2024-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2024-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2024-06-06
    BANHAM, Mark Stephen resigned
    director
  17. 2024-06-06
    MORRISH-BANHAM, Caroline Rachael resigned
    director
  18. 2023-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2023-05-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  20. 2023-05-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2023-05-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2023-05-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2023-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2022-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  25. 2022-10-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  26. 2022-04-05
    KILLINGBECK, Steven Paul resigned
    director
  27. 2020-04-04
    WARREN, Alasdair John appointed
    director
  28. 2020-04-04
    KILLINGBECK, Steven Paul appointed
    director
  29. 2015-05-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ELECTRIC CELLAR LIMITED
  30. 2015-05-27
    BANHAM, Mark Stephen appointed
    director
  31. 2015-05-27
    MORRISH-BANHAM, Caroline Rachael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

The Electric Pub Company Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

🏛️
The Electric Pub Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
ELECTRIC CELLAR LIMITED
This company · 09608989

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Electric Pub Company Limited
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control04/04/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark Stephen Banhamceased 04/04/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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7 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
Incorporated2015-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

The Grove
Rax Lane
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3JL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-10
Last: 2026-05-27

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

WARREN, Alasdair John
director · ~60y · appointed 2020-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANHAM, Mark Stephen
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-05-27 · resigned 2024-06-06
Resigned
GALLAGHER, Nichola Elaine
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-06-21 · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned
KILLINGBECK, Steven Paul
director · ~50y · appointed 2020-04-04 · resigned 2022-04-05
Resigned
MORRISH-BANHAM, Caroline Rachael
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-05-27 · resigned 2024-06-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-25
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2024-06-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-17