AFRICA POWER LTD
🌳Matureactive
07935518 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-279.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35130
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.7y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
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
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £279,439
Cash draining
Cash down 65% YoY
Cash YoY
-65%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
↓ 65% YoY
Net Worth
-£279k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£704k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-213.3k | £-11.6k |
| Current assets | £703.8k | £953.3k |
| Cash | £6.3k | £18.0k |
| Debtors | £697.2k | £932.7k |
| Net assets | £-279.4k | £-238.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-12-26➖BRENEN, George resigneddirector
- 2025-12-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-12-01🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-20📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-07-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Sprk Capital Limited
- 2023-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-06-01➖HUMPHERY-SMITH, Ian, Dr resigneddirector
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-04-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-04-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-03-11➕HAMPTON, David appointeddirector
- 2019-03-11➖IRBARIS NOMINEES LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2012-02-16➕HUMPHERY-SMITH, Ian, Dr appointeddirector
- 2012-02-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AFRICA POWER LTD
- 2012-02-03➕LIVESEY, Alastair, Dr appointeddirector
- 2012-02-03➕TREACHER, Jonathan Page appointeddirector
- 2012-02-03➕BRENEN, George appointeddirector
- 2012-02-03➕IRBARIS NOMINEES LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Alastair Livesey Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 13/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35130 — SIC 35130
Registered office
Unit 1 Brook Farm Business Park
Horsham Road, Brook Hill
Cowfold
RH13 8AH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
HAMPTON, David→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2019-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LIVESEY, Alastair, Dr→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2012-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TREACHER, Jonathan Page→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2012-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRENEN, George→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2012-02-03 · resigned 2025-12-26
HUMPHERY-SMITH, Ian, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2012-02-16 · resigned 2020-06-01
IRBARIS NOMINEES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2012-02-03 · resigned 2019-03-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Sprk Capital Sprk Capital Limited | A registered charge | 4 properties | 28/07/2023 | 01/12/2025 |
Recent filings (52 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28