CLARITY ALLIANCE LTD

🌳Matureactive
02363566 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1989-03-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£7.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
66 officers (5 active, 66 linked, 62 with DOB)
89
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
217 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,759
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,264 YoY
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↓ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£7.8k£18.0k
Current assets£14.9k£19.6k
Cash£12.0k£13.0k
Debtors£2.9k£6.6k
Net assets£7.8k£18.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
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filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (128 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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  2. 2025-09-29
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  3. 2024-04-16
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  4. 2024-03-01
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  6. 2023-08-30
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  7. 2022-12-31
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    BARRON, Thomas Marion resigned
    director
  8. 2022-12-31
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    DALTON, Robert Simon resigned
    director
  9. 2022-05-03
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  10. 2022-04-27
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  11. 2022-04-27
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  12. 2021-12-31
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    ARMSTRONG, Laurence John resigned
    director
  13. 2021-12-31
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    LEE, Adam Stewart resigned
    director
  14. 2021-05-05
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  15. 2020-04-22
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  16. 2020-03-11
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  17. 2020-03-11
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  18. 2020-02-26
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    CLOUGH, Andrew resigned
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  19. 2020-02-26
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    COLEMAN, Geoffrey Roy resigned
    director
  20. 2019-09-02
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  21. 2018-08-16
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  22. 2018-08-08
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  23. 2018-08-08
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  24. 2018-07-27
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    WILSON, Trevor, Dr resigned
    director
  25. 2018-07-05
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    DALTON, Robert Simon appointed
    director
  26. 2018-02-15
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    TROTTER, Richard resigned
    director
  27. 2017-09-13
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    LEE, Adam Stewart appointed
    director
  28. 2017-02-01
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    GOULD, Elizabeth Johanna appointed
    director
  29. 2017-02-01
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    SUTTON, Ian Richard appointed
    director
  30. 2017-02-01
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    BARRON, Thomas Marion appointed
    director
  31. 2017-02-01
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    BATCHELOR, Roger Keith resigned
    director
  32. 2017-02-01
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    SIRCOM, Alan Gregory Albert resigned
    director
  33. 2017-02-01
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    WILSON, Trevor, Dr appointed
    director
  34. 2015-02-02
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    CLOUGH, Andrew appointed
    director
  35. 2015-02-02
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    PRASHER, Rachael Louise resigned
    director
  36. 2015-02-02
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    ROBERTS, Miles Conrad resigned
    director
  37. 2015-02-02
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    TROTTER, Richard appointed
    director
  38. 2014-02-10
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    ARMSTRONG, Laurence John appointed
    director
  39. 2014-02-10
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    BYLES, Simon resigned
    director
  40. 2014-02-10
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    HAMBLIN, Vernon John resigned
    director
  41. 2014-02-10
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    MURPHY, Terry Ronald resigned
    director
  42. 2013-02-04
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    MATHEWS, Geoffrey Alan appointed
    secretary
  43. 2013-02-04
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    HENRY, David Christopher resigned
    secretary
  44. 2013-02-04
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    HENRY, David Christopher resigned
    director
  45. 2013-02-04
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    MEADS, Geoffrey Robert resigned
    director
  46. 2013-02-04
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    ROBERTSON, Fraser Scott resigned
    director
  47. 2012-09-29
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    HANSEN, Philip Geoffrey appointed
    director
  48. 2012-09-29
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    BATCHELOR, Roger Keith appointed
    director
  49. 2012-09-29
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    MEADS, Geoffrey Robert appointed
    director
  50. 2012-09-29
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    MURPHY, Terry Ronald appointed
    director
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Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Alan Mathews
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1989-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

20 Havelock Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 1BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (5 active · 61 resigned)

MATHEWS, Geoffrey Alan→
secretary · appointed 2013-02-04
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Active
GOULD, Elizabeth Johanna→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-02-01
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Active
HANSEN, Philip Geoffrey→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-09-29
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Active
MATHEWS, Geoffrey Alan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-07-01
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Active
SUTTON, Ian Richard→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-02-01
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Active
GAME, Karen Susan→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-01 · resigned 2003-06-30
Resigned
HENRY, David Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2013-02-04
Resigned
LEWIN, Michael David→
secretary · resigned 2000-06-30
Resigned
ABRAMS, Alan David→
director · ~90y · resigned 1999-07-01
Resigned
ANDERSON, Ian John→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2012-07-16
Resigned
ARDERN, Roderick William Neil→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2005-06-30
Resigned
ARDERN, Roderick William Neil→
director · ~76y · appointed 1995-07-01 · resigned 2001-06-30
Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Laurence John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-02-10 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned
ASTON DARKER, Derek Paul→
director · ~74y · resigned 1993-07-01
Resigned
BARRON, Thomas Marion→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-02-01 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
BARTLETT, George Alan→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2012-06-01
Resigned
BATCHELOR, Roger Keith→
director · ~73y · appointed 2012-09-29 · resigned 2017-02-01
Resigned
BLOCK, David Richard→
director · ~87y · resigned 1996-06-30
Resigned
BRADY, Alfred Douglas→
director · ~84y · resigned 1995-06-30
Resigned
BRENNAN, Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-07-01 · resigned 2009-07-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (217 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-05