HC ESS4 LIMITED
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Cash
£12K
-99.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£6.5M
-79.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2.9M
-78.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,937,953 | £5,229,793 | £4,521,797 | -13.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£591,063 | -£26,897 | -£1,409,263 | -5,139.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,229,446 | -£1,608,022 | -£2,864,356 | -78.1% | |
| Net profit | -£2,229,446 | -£1,608,022 | -£2,864,356 | -78.1% | |
| Cash | £494,627 | £1,738,947 | £12,359 | -99.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,997,420 | -£3,605,442 | -£6,469,798 | -79.4% | |
| Net assets | -£1,997,420 | -£3,605,442 | -£6,469,798 | -79.4% | |
| Equity | -£1,997,420 | -£3,605,442 | -£6,469,798 | -79.4% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 2 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -15.0% | -0.5% | -31.2% | |
| Net margin | -56.6% | -30.7% | -63.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.09x | 0.16x | 0.05x | |
| Interest cover | -0.36x | -0.02x | -0.97x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HC ESS4 LIMITED 2017-07-19 → present
- HC ESS2 FINCO LIMITED 2017-07-03 → 2017-07-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, Stephen James | Director | 2020-01-24 | Dec 1973 | British |
| GUEST, Benjamin James Ernest | Director | 2017-07-03 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYDINOGLU, Bozkurt | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2023-06-30 |
| OWEN, Gareth Edward | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2024-03-15 |
| THOMAS, Marc Jason, Dr | Director | 2017-09-20 | 2020-05-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grid Holdco 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Shares 75–100% (as trust), Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100%, Voting 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2025-08-22 | Active |
| Gresham House Energy Storage Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-10-09 | Ceased 2025-08-22 |
| Gresham House Energy Storage Fund Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-12-31 | Ceased 2020-10-09 |
| Gresham House Devco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2019-07-29 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
| Noriker Power Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-12 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
| Hc Ess 1 Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-07-05 | Ceased 2019-07-29 |
| Hc Ess2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-07-03 | Ceased 2017-07-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-10-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.