COCKENZIE STORAGE LIMITED
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Cash
£132K
-5% vs 2024
Net assets
-£631K
-84% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£288K
-7.7% 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£8,568 | -£23,210 | -£11,053 | +52.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£69,008 | -£267,608 | -£288,091 | -7.7% | |
| Net profit | -£69,008 | -£267,608 | -£288,091 | -7.7% | |
| Cash | £40,668 | £138,615 | £131,684 | -5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £846,757 | £2,557,910 | £641,714 | -74.9% | |
| Net assets | -£75,386 | -£342,994 | -£631,085 | -84% | |
| Equity | -£75,386 | -£342,994 | -£631,085 | -84% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 3 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -1.0% | -0.9% | -1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 108.2% | 113.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 4.31x | 25.22x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | -0.14x | -0.09x | -0.03x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- COCKENZIE STORAGE LIMITED 2023-01-11 → present
- GRESHAM HOUSE COMPANY SECRETARIAL 1 LIMITED 2019-03-07 → 2023-01-11
- GRESHAM HOUSE RENEWABLE ENERGY VCT 1 LIMITED 2017-10-11 → 2019-03-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- 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 is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end the loan repayment date with Gresham House Ltd was extended to 11 January 2029 and was repaid and replaced with a loan from Grid Holdco 5 Limited. Grid Holdco 5 Limited became the company's immediate parent undertaking. The ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party changed to Gresham House Energy Storage Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, Stephen James | Director | 2022-11-16 | Dec 1973 | British |
| GUEST, Benjamin James Ernest | Director | 2022-11-16 | Mar 1973 | British |
| VEST, Nicholas John | Director | 2025-10-28 | Aug 1974 | British |
| VON SCHMIEDER, Charles Siddhartha | Director | 2022-11-16 | Oct 1972 | Irish |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRESSWELL, Gary | Secretary | 2017-10-11 | 2022-11-16 |
| ACTON, Kevin John | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2022-11-16 |
| AYDINOGLU, Bozkurt | Director | 2022-11-16 | 2023-06-30 |
| DALWOOD, Anthony Lionel | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2022-11-16 |
| OWEN, Gareth Edward | Director | 2022-11-16 | 2024-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grid Holdco 5 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-05-14 | Active |
| Gresham House Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-10-11 | Ceased 2026-05-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 42 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.