BLACK BROOK CHP LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13160086 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-26
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 4.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.6y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
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
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-07-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-10➕LECLERC, Michael Philippe Francis appointeddirector
- 2025-06-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-06-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-18➕PARKER, Georgina Corcoran appointeddirector
- 2025-06-18➖SAFIULLINA, Julia resigneddirector
- 2025-03-27➕KUTNER, John Michael appointeddirector
- 2025-03-27➖LECLERC, Michael Philippe Francis resigneddirector
- 2025-03-27➖MACKENZIE, Graham Andrew resigneddirector
- 2025-03-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-12-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-16➕LECLERC, Michael Philippe Francis appointeddirector
- 2021-11-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-11-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Iona Resource and Energy Efficiency (Strathclyde) LP Acting Through the General Partner Iona Ei (General Partner) 3 LLP
- 2021-10-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-10-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-09-30➕MACKENZIE, Graham Andrew appointeddirector
- 2021-01-26🏢Company incorporatedAs BLACK BROOK CHP LTD
- 2021-01-26➕SAFIULLINA, Julia appointeddirector
- 2021-01-26➕IONA CAPITAL LTD appointedcorporate-director
- 2021-01-26➖IONA CAPITAL LTD resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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
Kanadevia Inova Capital Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Kanadevia Inova Capital Ltd
Corporate parent · board control
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BLACK BROOK CHP LTD
This company · 13160086
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Kanadevia Inova Capital Ltd Corporate entity | — | — | board controlboard control | 26/01/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Iona Resource And Energy Efficiency (Strathclyde) Lpceased 21/12/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Iona Capital Ltdceased 30/09/2021· 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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
123 Pall Mall
London
SW1Y 5EA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
KUTNER, John Michael→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2025-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LECLERC, Michael Philippe Francis→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2025-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PARKER, Georgina Corcoran→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2025-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LECLERC, Michael Philippe Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2021-12-16 · resigned 2025-03-27
MACKENZIE, Graham Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2021-09-30 · resigned 2025-03-27
SAFIULLINA, Julia→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2021-01-26 · resigned 2025-06-18
IONA CAPITAL LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2021-01-26 · resigned 2021-01-26
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Iona Resource and Energy Efficiency (Strathclyde) LP Acting Through the General Partner Iona Ei (General Partner) 3 Iona Resource and Energy Efficiency (Strathclyde) LP Acting Through the General Partner Iona Ei (General Partner) 3 LLP | A registered charge | — | 15/11/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (28 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-21