CRYSTAL CLEAR PRODUCTS (2000) LTD

🌳Matureactive
03880488 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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: medium (76/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees5000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-11-12
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    SILK, James Norris Antony resigned
    director
  8. 2021-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-01-01
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    REBER, William Hugh appointed
    director
  18. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    SILK, James Norris Antony appointed
    director
  19. 2015-12-31
    ➖
    SILK, Norris David resigned
    secretary
  20. 2015-12-31
    ➖
    SILK, Joan resigned
    director
  21. 2015-12-31
    ➖
    SILK, Norris David resigned
    director
  22. 2005-04-01
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    SILK, Norris David appointed
    director
  23. 2000-01-01
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    REBER, Carolyn Patricia appointed
    director
  24. 2000-01-01
    ➕
    SILK, Joan appointed
    director
  25. 1999-11-25
    ➕
    REBER, Paul Frederick Deveny appointed
    director
  26. 1999-11-25
    ➕
    SILK, Norris David appointed
    secretary
  27. 1999-11-25
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-11-25
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1999-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As CRYSTAL CLEAR PRODUCTS (2000) LTD
  30. 1999-11-19
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1999-11-19
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Paul Frederick Deveny Reber
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

Unit 9 Grove Farm
Wormingford
Colchester
Essex
CO6 3AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

REBER, Carolyn Patricia→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REBER, Paul Frederick Deveny→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REBER, William Hugh→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SILK, Norris David→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-25 · resigned 2015-12-31
Resigned
CREDITREFORM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-19 · resigned 1999-11-25
Resigned
SILK, James Norris Antony→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2021-11-12
Resigned
SILK, Joan→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-01-01 · resigned 2015-12-31
Resigned
SILK, Norris David→
director · ~81y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2015-12-31
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-19 · resigned 1999-11-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-27