CHEMCLEAR (UK) LTD

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04276531 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£57.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38220
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -82% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
64 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £57,932
Cash draining
Cash down 82% YoY
Cash YoY
-82%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£39k
↓ 82% YoY
Net Worth
£58k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£79k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£47k£93k£140k£187k£233kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£62.2k£36.8k
Current assets£79.3k£233.2k
Cash£39.4k£215.2k
Debtors£39.9k£18.0k
Net assets£57.9k£36.1k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-11-23
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  5. 2021-12-22
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  6. 2020-12-23
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  7. 2019-12-30
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  8. 2018-12-10
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  9. 2017-12-21
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  10. 2016-09-23
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  11. 2016-09-22
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  12. 2016-06-17
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  13. 2015-10-02
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  14. 2015-10-01
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  15. 2014-12-01
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  16. 2011-11-30
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    JONES, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  17. 2011-11-30
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    JONES, Margaret appointed
    director
  18. 2011-11-29
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    JONES, Margaret resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-11-29
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    JONES, Margaret resigned
    director
  20. 2002-12-01
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    JONES, Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2001-08-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CHEMCLEAR (UK) LTD
  22. 2001-08-24
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    JONES, Chris appointed
    director
  23. 2001-08-24
    ➕
    JONES, Margaret appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Jones
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest30/06/2016
Mr Christopher William Jones
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38220 — SIC 38220

Registered office

8 Ranworth Drive
Lowton
Warrington
Cheshire
WA3 2SY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2011-11-30
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JONES, Chris→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-08-24
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JONES, Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-11-30
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Active
JONES, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-24 · resigned 2011-11-29
Resigned
JONES, Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-12-01 · resigned 2011-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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2025-09-23
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2023-12-22
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2023-09-27
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2021-12-22
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2020-12-23
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2020-10-08
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2019-12-30
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2019-09-23
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