8A ENERGY LIMITED
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.1y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £31.9k | £43.4k |
| Current assets | £33.7k | £62.1k |
| Cash | £32.5k | £47.5k |
| Debtors | £1.1k | £14.6k |
| Net assets | £31.4k | £42.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2026-04-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2026-02-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-23📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-04-22📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-11-29🏢Company incorporatedAs 8A ENERGY LIMITED
- 2022-11-29➕WHITFIELD, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2022-11-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Whitfield Individual · British · DOB 10/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 29/11/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/04/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/04/2026 | — |