CLEE HILL COMMON CONSERVATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03237748 · ltd · incorporated 1996-08-14

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£3.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 36000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

98000Residents property management

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

17 officers (8 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,642

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↑ 1.6% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↑ 5.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-13	2024-08-13
Total assets	£3.6k	£3.6k
Current assets	£1.2k	£1.1k
Net assets	£3.6k	£3.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2025-11-12
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accounts · AA
2025-08-04
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PROSSER, Judith Catherine resigned
director
2025-08-04
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officers · TM01
2025-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
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DUNKLEY, Peter Robert appointed
secretary
2024-08-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-08-14
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-13
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TROMAN, David Thomas resigned
secretary
2024-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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PROSSER, Clifford William resigned
director
2022-08-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-13
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BRISCOE, Wayne Arthur William appointed
director
2022-08-13
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DUNKLEY, Ruth Mary resigned
director
2022-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-15
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-13
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BRISCOE, Brian William resigned
director
2021-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2011-08-17
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DUNKLEY, Peter Robert appointed
director
2011-08-17
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DUNKLEY, Ruth Mary appointed
director
2006-04-30
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JAMES, Molly Elizabeth resigned
director
2006-04-30
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JAMES, William Albert resigned
director
1996-08-14
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Company incorporated
As CLEE HILL COMMON CONSERVATION LIMITED
1996-08-14
➕
BREAKWELL, Ann appointed
director
1996-08-14
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BREAKWELL, Ronald Anthony appointed
director
1996-08-14
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BRISCOE, Margaret Ann appointed
director
1996-08-14
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TROMAN, Carole appointed
director
1996-08-14
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TROMAN, David Thomas appointed
director
1996-08-14
➕
BREWER, Suzanne appointed
nominee-secretary
1996-08-14
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BREWER, Suzanne resigned
nominee-secretary
1996-08-14
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TROMAN, David Thomas appointed
secretary
1996-08-14
➕
BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
nominee-director
1996-08-14
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BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
nominee-director
1996-08-14
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BRISCOE, Brian William appointed
director
1996-08-14
➕
JAMES, Molly Elizabeth appointed
director
1996-08-14
➕
JAMES, William Albert appointed
director
1996-08-14
➕
PROSSER, Clifford William appointed
director
1996-08-14
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PROSSER, Judith Catherine appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Thomas Troman Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/06/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Brian William Briscoeceased 13/07/2021· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-08-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

5 Studley

Clee Hill

Ludlow

Salop

SY8 3NP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-13

Last made up to: 2025-08-13

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-28

Last: 2025-08-14