CUIL BURN HYDROPOWER LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12136203 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£110.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £110,847
Cash YoY
-28%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↓ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£111k
↑ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£22k£44k£67k£89k£111kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£160.7k£187.1k
Current assets£37.1k£60.6k
Cash£22.0k£30.7k
Debtors£15.1k£29.9k
Net assets£110.8k£74.2k

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
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-05-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-08-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2025-08-01
    ➖
    ALBION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2025-06-30
    ➖
    DROVER, Richard William resigned
    director
  10. 2025-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2024-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-03-13
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  13. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-01-14
    ➕
    ALBION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2021-01-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2021-01-14
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  20. 2020-12-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  21. 2019-08-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CUIL BURN HYDROPOWER LTD
  22. 2019-08-02
    ➕
    BRAKES, Robert William appointed
    director
  23. 2019-08-02
    ➕
    SUSTAINABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2019-08-02
    ➕
    DROVER, Richard William appointed
    director
  25. 2019-08-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

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

Group structure

Sustainable Control Systems Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Sustainable Control Systems Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
⬇
CUIL BURN HYDROPOWER LTD
This company · 12136203

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert William Brakes
Individual · British · DOB 12/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/08/2019
Sustainable Control Systems Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/08/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Richard William Droverceased 02/08/2025· 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

30 Bardsey Crescent
Llanishen
Cardiff
Caerdydd
CF14 5LA
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BRAKES, Robert William→
director · ~32y · appointed 2019-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUSTAINABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2019-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALBION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2021-01-14 · resigned 2025-08-01
Resigned
DROVER, Richard William→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-08-02 · resigned 2025-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28