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Britishvolt

EV Batteries / Manufacturing · Collapsed Jan 2023

£200Mraised£200M raised, 0 customers at 300 HC18 monthsadvance warning

Case Summary

Britishvolt raised £200M to build a gigafactory for EV batteries. Despite employing 300 people, the company had zero customers and zero revenue. Construction milestones slipped repeatedly while spending on premium offices continued.

Peak Signal Scores

Funding

9

Workforce

8

News & Events

7

Sentiment

6

Company Filings

5

Market Position

4

Signal Timeline

Jul 2021WORKFORCE

Rapid hiring to 300 employees despite zero revenue.

Jan 2022FUNDING

Construction milestones missed. Gigafactory timeline pushed back.

Jun 2022WORKFORCE

Key technical hires departing within 6 months of joining.

Sep 2022NEWS & EVENTS

Media reports question viability. Premium office spend highlighted.

Nov 2022FUNDING

Emergency fundraising attempts fail.

Jan 2023COLLAPSE

Britishvolt enters administration.

What ERR Would Have Shown

By mid-2022, Britishvolt employed 300 people but had zero customers and zero revenue. Leadership was spending on premium offices and business-class travel while construction milestones slipped. Key technical hires were departing within 6 months of joining. ERR would have flagged the workforce-without-revenue pattern 18 months before administration — the same pattern visible in 4 other cases in this library.

Current Portfolio Matches

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