BLACK CLAWSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04001476 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-25

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£110.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28950

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £110,492

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£110k

↑ 411% YoY

Current Assets

£735k

↑ 52% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£216.8k	£312.2k
Current assets	£735.0k	£484.7k
Net assets	£110.5k	£21.6k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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2025-03-21
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2024-03-25
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2023-03-24
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accounts · AA
2022-03-23
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accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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accounts · AA
2020-03-30
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts · AA
2018-03-27
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accounts · AA
2017-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-05-18
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accounts · AA
2015-06-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-06-17
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2012-07-02
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WARD, Susan Mary appointed
director
2012-06-12
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HARNETT, Gerald Anthony resigned
director
2011-01-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2003-05-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2000-06-27
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MOGRIDGE, Anthony John appointed
secretary
2000-06-27
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MOGRIDGE, Anthony John appointed
director
2000-06-27
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-27
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HARNETT, Gerald Anthony appointed
director
2000-06-27
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2000-05-25
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Company incorporated
As BLACK CLAWSON LIMITED
2000-05-25
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-05-25
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INSTANT COMPANIES 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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Susan Mary Ward Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Carl Clement Landegger Individual · American · DOB 09/1930 · age 96	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Anthony John Mogridge Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-05-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28950 — SIC 28950

Registered office

Unit 2 Usk Side Business Park

Usk Side Business Park, Church Street

Newport

Gwent

NP20 2TX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-08

Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MOGRIDGE, Anthony John→

secretary · appointed 2000-06-27

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Active

MOGRIDGE, Anthony John→

director · ~73y · appointed 2000-06-27

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Active

WARD, Susan Mary→

director · ~69y · appointed 2012-07-02

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-25 · resigned 2000-06-27

Resigned

HARNETT, Gerald Anthony→

director · ~81y · appointed 2000-06-27 · resigned 2012-06-12

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-25 · resigned 2000-06-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	27/05/2003	20/01/2011