SANDBAY SOLAR LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

13874454 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-26

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£496

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

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 acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

12 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £496

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£496

↑ 237% YoY

Current Assets

£251k

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£496	£-361
Current assets	£250.7k	£234.1k
Net assets	£496	£-361

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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accounts · AA
2025-05-02
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accounts · AA
2024-05-17
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accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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accounts · AA
2023-01-27
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officers · CH02
2023-01-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-02-01
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accounts · AA01
2022-01-26
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Company incorporated
As SANDBAY SOLAR LIMITED
2022-01-26
➕
BENSTED, Jonathan Mark appointed
director
2022-01-26
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KEELER, Nicholas appointed
director
2022-01-26
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REDPATH, Timothy Giles appointed
director
2022-01-26
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WHITEFORD, Stuart William appointed
director
2022-01-26
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HIVE ETHICAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS LTD appointed
corporate-director
2022-01-26
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SSW DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2022-01-26
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Ssw Developments Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control

significant stake

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Hive Ethical Project Developments Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control

significant stake

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SANDBAY SOLAR LIMITED

This company · 13874454

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ssw Developments Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	26/01/2022
Hive Ethical Project Developments Ltd Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	26/01/2022

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

Incorporated2022-01-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Coombe Farm

Roundham

Crewkerne

TA18 8RR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-08

Last: 2026-01-25