1ST ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14950685 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-21
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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
74
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-24
    HENDERSON, Connor William resigned
    director
  3. 2025-07-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-06-09
    HENDERSON, Connor William appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-05-01
    HENDERSON, Connor William resigned
    director
  7. 2025-05-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-04-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-04-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2025-04-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2025-04-03
    HENDERSON, Connor William appointed
    director
  12. 2025-04-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2025-03-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2025-03-31
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  15. 2025-03-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2024-07-11
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2024-07-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2024-07-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2023-06-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1ST ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES LTD
  20. 2023-06-21
    CHRISTIAN, Gary Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2023-06-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-03-31: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Michael Christian
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/06/2023

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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8 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
Incorporated2023-06-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Suite 4102 Charlotte Queens Dock Business Centre
Norfolk Street
Liverpool
L1 0BG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

CHRISTIAN, Gary Michael
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-06-21
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Active
HENDERSON, Connor William
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-06-09 · resigned 2025-07-24
Resigned
HENDERSON, Connor William
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-04-03 · resigned 2025-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-11