HAFNIA ENERGY GLOBAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13813694 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-22
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). 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: 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-16
    PEEN, Michael Kim resigned
    director
  4. 2024-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-12-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-12-12
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-09-19
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-09-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-17
    KRAHN, Per appointed
    director
  11. 2022-03-17
    KRAHN, Per resigned
    director
  12. 2022-03-17
    PEEN, Michael Kim appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-03-17
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-03-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-12-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HAFNIA ENERGY GLOBAL LIMITED
  17. 2021-12-22
    KRAHN, Per appointed
    director
  18. 2021-12-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

Kropo Za Holding Pty Ltd. holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Kropo Za Holding Pty Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
HAFNIA ENERGY GLOBAL LIMITED
This company · 13813694

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
Kropo Za Holding Pty Ltd.
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/09/2022
Mr Per Krahn
Individual · Danish · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/12/2021

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-12-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

112c High Street
Hadleigh
Ipswich
IP7 5EL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

KRAHN, Per
director · ~71y · appointed 2022-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KRAHN, Per
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-12-22 · resigned 2022-03-17
Resigned
PEEN, Michael Kim
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-03-17 · resigned 2024-04-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-17