HC ESS2 LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-22 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-08
Watchouts
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.
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Forecasts have been prepared that show the company is able to operate for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors have also made enquiries with the directors of the immediate parent undertaking, Gresham House Energy Storage Holdings Ltd, with regards to the repayment of the loan the company has with it. As detailed in note 11, the loan is repayable on demand of the lender. The directors understand that this will not be called unless the company has the ability to make the repayment.”
Significant events
- “Gareth Owen (resigned 15 March 2024)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, Stephen James | Director | 2019-12-12 | Dec 1973 | British |
| GUEST, Benjamin James Ernest | Director | 2017-02-09 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYDINOGLU, Bozkurt | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2023-06-30 |
| OWEN, Gareth Edward | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2024-03-15 |
| THOMAS, Marc Jason, Dr | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2020-01-01 |
| WANG, Zhenni, Dr | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2020-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grid Holdco 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2025-08-22 | Active |
| Gresham House Energy Storage Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-08-31 | Ceased 2025-08-22 |
| Hc Ess2 Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-08-22 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
| Mr Benjamin James Ernest Guest | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-02-09 | Ceased 2017-08-22 |
| Hc Ess 1 Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-09 | Ceased 2017-08-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one