CLIFFE STORAGE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14428749 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-19
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
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35220
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 49500SIC 49500
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

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 (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-22
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-09-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-10-19
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    Company incorporated
    As CLIFFE STORAGE LIMITED
  8. 2022-10-19
    TROUP, Andrew Richard Gordon appointed
    director
  9. 2022-10-19
    VERNON, Thomas Andrew appointed
    director
  10. 2022-10-19
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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

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Statera Energy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
CLIFFE STORAGE LIMITED
This company · 14428749

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
Statera Energy Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting19/10/2022

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
Incorporated2022-10-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35220 — SIC 35220

Registered office

5th Floor 80 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 5JL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TROUP, Andrew Richard Gordon
director · ~69y · appointed 2022-10-19
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Active
VERNON, Thomas Andrew
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-10-19
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-19