8 MINUTE ENERGY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14577260 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-08
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£24.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43210Electrical installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £24,407
Cash YoY
+711%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£34k
↑ 711% YoY
Net Worth
£24k
↑ 1546% YoY
Current Assets
£87k
↑ 1171% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£17k£35k£52k£70k£87kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£24.5k£1.6k
Current assets£87.3k£6.9k
Cash£34.1k£4.2k
Debtors£20.1k£2.7k
Net assets£24.4k£1.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-11-10
    BENSTED, Ivana appointed
    director
  3. 2025-08-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-04-23
    BOYCE, John Frederick resigned
    director
  7. 2023-01-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 8 MINUTE ENERGY LTD
  8. 2023-01-08
    BENSTED, Jonathan Mark appointed
    director
  9. 2023-01-08
    BOYCE, John Frederick appointed
    director
  10. 2023-01-08
    📄
    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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

🏛️
Renewable Power Consulting Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
8 MINUTE ENERGY LTD
This company · 14577260

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
Renewable Power Consulting Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/01/2023

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
Incorporated2023-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

5 Dane Close
Winsley
Bradford-On-Avon
BA15 2NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BENSTED, Ivana
director · ~50y · appointed 2025-11-10
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Active
BENSTED, Jonathan Mark
director · ~49y · appointed 2023-01-08
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Active
BOYCE, John Frederick
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-01-08 · resigned 2024-04-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-08