CROWN LANE BATTERY STORAGE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13985282 · 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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 35140SIC 35140
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.8y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1
Debtors£1
Net assets£1
Average employees2

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-08-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Enfinity Net Zero Masterco Bv
  5. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2022-11-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2022-11-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-11-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-11-07
    BLOUNT, Andrew John appointed
    director
  11. 2022-03-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CROWN LANE BATTERY STORAGE LIMITED
  12. 2022-03-17
    MILES, Robert Gavin appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

Renbat 1 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Renbat 1 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CROWN LANE BATTERY STORAGE LIMITED
This company · 13985282

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
Renbat 1 Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/11/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Gavin Milesceased 07/11/2022· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

701 Stonehouse Park Sperry Way
Stonehouse
Glos
GL10 3UT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BLOUNT, Andrew John
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-11-07
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Active
MILES, Robert Gavin
director · ~49y · appointed 2022-03-17
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Enfinity Net Zero Masterco Bv
A registered charge1 property27/08/2024
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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-17