CITY BATTERIES LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11355830 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£636.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38220
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £636,651
Net assets shrinking
Down £94,387 YoY
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£169k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£637k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £723.5k | £911.6k |
| Current assets | £1.23M | £963.2k |
| Cash | £168.6k | £150.2k |
| Debtors | £845.8k | £544.0k |
| Net assets | £636.7k | £731.0k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-10-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-02-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-01-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-01-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-05-21➕HOWES, Dean Christian appointeddirector
- 2018-05-11🏢Company incorporatedAs CITY BATTERIES LTD
- 2018-05-11➕HOWES, Julian Scott appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
Vinton Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Vinton Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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CITY BATTERIES LTD
This company · 11355830
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vinton Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 24/01/2019 |
Mr Dean Christian Howes Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/08/2018 |
Mr Julian Scott Howes Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 11/05/2018 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Vinton Holdings Limitedceased 01/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Dean Christian Howesceased 20/06/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38220 — SIC 38220
Registered office
Albion Yard
Manor Road
Erith
Kent
DA8 2AD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-16
Last: 2026-07-02
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HOWES, Dean Christian→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2018-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOWES, Julian Scott→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2018-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (30 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-10-16