IRENA BESS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13984476 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35140
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,371

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£2k£260£3k£6k£8k£11kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-2.4k£-1.4k
Current assets£6.3k£10.8k
Debtors£6.3k£10.8k
Net assets£-2.4k£-1.4k

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
3
filings
  • 3 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 3 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 3 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-07-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-07-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-07-07
    SERMON, Peter appointed
    director
  5. 2026-07-02
    MOORE, Benjamin John resigned
    director
  6. 2026-07-02
    TUFFS, Martyn resigned
    director
  7. 2025-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-09-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-03-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As IRENA BESS LIMITED
  12. 2022-03-17
    COULSON, Simon Andrew appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-17
    MOORE, Benjamin John appointed
    director
  14. 2022-03-17
    TUFFS, Martyn appointed
    director
  15. 2022-03-17
    📄
    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

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MOORE, Benjamin John resigned 2026-07-02; TUFFS, Martyn resigned 2026-07-02

Group structure

Aura Power Bess Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aura Power Bess Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
IRENA BESS LIMITED
This company · 13984476

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aura Power Bess Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/03/2022

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35140 — SIC 35140

Registered office

30 Queen Square
Bristol
BS1 4ND
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COULSON, Simon Andrew
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SERMON, Peter
director · ~51y · appointed 2026-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORE, Benjamin John
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-03-17 · resigned 2026-07-02
Resigned
TUFFS, Martyn
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-03-17 · resigned 2026-07-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-07-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-11-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-17