CLAY PIPE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00862203 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1965-10-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£4.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
29 officers (1 active, 29 linked, 27 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
143 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,956
Net assets shrinking
Down £84 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£4.8k£4.9k
Current assets£5.0k£4.7k
Net assets£4.0k£4.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2024-07-12
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  4. 2024-06-30
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    NAYLOR, Edward George resigned
    director
  5. 2024-05-03
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  6. 2023-05-05
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  7. 2022-06-07
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  8. 2022-05-22
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    WYDELL, Paul Adrian resigned
    director
  9. 2022-03-03
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  10. 2021-06-03
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  11. 2020-07-06
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  12. 2020-07-01
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    SHAW, Michael Alexander resigned
    director
  13. 2020-06-26
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  14. 2019-05-21
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  15. 2018-05-25
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  16. 2017-10-17
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  17. 2017-10-07
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    TURTON, Anthony Ivor resigned
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  18. 2017-06-01
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  19. 2016-06-08
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  20. 2015-09-30
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    RICHARDSON, Leslie William resigned
    secretary
  21. 2011-09-14
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    ALLCROFT, Robert Neil resigned
    director
  22. 2011-09-14
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    DOUGHTY, Raymond William resigned
    director
  23. 2011-09-14
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    SHAW, Michael Alexander appointed
    director
  24. 2011-09-14
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    TURTON, Anthony Ivor appointed
    director
  25. 2011-09-14
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    WYDELL, Paul Adrian appointed
    director
  26. 2008-04-30
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    BOOTH, Malcolm resigned
    director
  27. 2007-10-25
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    ALAVI, Seyed Abolhassan resigned
    director
  28. 2006-08-20
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    KNOWLES, Derrick Thomas resigned
    director
  29. 2005-10-21
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    BOOTH, Malcolm appointed
    director
  30. 2003-10-30
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    ALAVI, Seyed Abolhassan appointed
    director
  31. 2003-10-30
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    ALLCROFT, Robert Neil appointed
    director
  32. 2002-04-30
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    LENG, David resigned
    director
  33. 2002-01-31
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    HOPE, Victor David resigned
    director
  34. 2000-11-30
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    BILLINGTON, David resigned
    director
  35. 2000-06-13
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    CULLEN, Hugh resigned
    director
  36. 2000-05-19
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    RICHARDSON, Leslie William appointed
    secretary
  37. 2000-05-18
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    BLAND, Colin Edward George resigned
    secretary
  38. 1999-09-29
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    LENG, David appointed
    director
  39. 1999-08-16
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    CAPO-BIANCO, Jeremy David Nicholas resigned
    director
  40. 1999-08-16
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    RUSSELL, Kenneth Alan resigned
    director
  41. 1999-01-01
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    COOK, Stuart resigned
    director
  42. 1998-10-20
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    PELISSIER, Patrice resigned
    director
  43. 1998-04-01
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    LEMON, David Edward Leonard resigned
    director
  44. 1998-03-04
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    COOK, Stuart appointed
    director
  45. 1998-03-04
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    PELISSIER, Patrice appointed
    director
  46. 1998-03-04
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    RUSSELL, Kenneth Alan appointed
    director
  47. 1998-02-10
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    BEEVER, Robert Neville resigned
    director
  48. 1998-02-10
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    GALE, Paul Nicolas resigned
    director
  49. 1996-05-13
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    KNOWLES, Martin Anthony appointed
    director
  50. 1996-02-15
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    SPRATT, Quentin Rodney resigned
    director
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Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1965-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Millstones
11,Shibden Hall Croft
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX3 9XF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (1 active · 28 resigned)

KNOWLES, Martin Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAND, Colin Edward George→
secretary · resigned 2000-05-18
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Leslie William→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-19 · resigned 2015-09-30
Resigned
ALAVI, Seyed Abolhassan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-10-30 · resigned 2007-10-25
Resigned
ALLCROFT, Robert Neil→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-10-30 · resigned 2011-09-14
Resigned
BEEVER, Robert Neville→
director · ~87y · resigned 1998-02-10
Resigned
BILLINGTON, David→
director · ~83y · appointed 1995-05-24 · resigned 2000-11-30
Resigned
BOOTH, Malcolm→
director · ~82y · appointed 2005-10-21 · resigned 2008-04-30
Resigned
CAPO-BIANCO, Jeremy David Nicholas→
director · ~76y · appointed 1995-03-01 · resigned 1999-08-16
Resigned
COOK, Stuart→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-03-04 · resigned 1999-01-01
Resigned
CULLEN, Hugh→
director · ~91y · resigned 2000-06-13
Resigned
DOUGHTY, Raymond William→
director · ~80y · appointed 1993-11-02 · resigned 2011-09-14
Resigned
GALE, Paul Nicolas→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-02-14 · resigned 1998-02-10
Resigned
GLOVER, John Benjamin→
director · ~94y · resigned 1993-11-02
Resigned
HASKELL, Peter→
director · ~95y · resigned 1992-11-05
Resigned
HOPE, Victor David→
director · ~84y · appointed 1994-04-19 · resigned 2002-01-31
Resigned
KNOWLES, Derrick Thomas→
director · ~94y · resigned 2006-08-20
Resigned
LEMON, David Edward Leonard→
director · ~78y · appointed 1992-11-05 · resigned 1998-04-01
Resigned
LENG, David→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-09-29 · resigned 2002-04-30
Resigned
MAYOU, William George→
director · ~82y · appointed 1992-11-05 · resigned 1994-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (143 total)

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2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-06