Father and son and the extended Singh family:
Staff at the small suburban shopfront in London’s west were confused when asked about Sukh Energy. “What is the company name again?’’ asked a female staff member from the three-desk office.
A short time later she queried, “So this company is here, you say?”, before being assured that the registered address was the Hounslow address.
“Who are the directors?” she said.
“The person who deals with this account doesn’t work from here. Even though the registration address is here, we don’t deal with that account. The letters come here, but we don’t deal with them. Another company is their accountant,” she told The Australian. She added: “ I don’t know if I am allowed to give out their information.”
Magnis has previously told the ASX Sukh Energy’s owners were “involved in the oil and gas, renewable energy and technology sectors with operations in Asia, Africa and Europe”.
Sukh Energy previously operated a gas bottle refilling business in India under the same name, before selling it some years ago.
Mr Virdi said he was preparing for the delivery of battery cells from iM3NY, with almost 15 people working directly or on contract for Sukh Energy in India.
Mr Virdi said the five-year agreement with iM3NY was manageable as it started small before “we’re going to ramp it up”.
Sukh Energy listed a number of clients on its website, including Ghanaian-British solar company SukaSol, Indian solar manufacturer Premier Energies, and Indian water and sewage pumping business KSR Brothers.
However, SukaSol boss Abdul Raaj told The Australian “we have never traded with the said company”.
Mr Virdi said “there is a bit of housekeeping I need to do”, noting his father had done much of the early work contacting clients.
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