CLAYWORKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04552140 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-03

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£1.66M

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 23620

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.2y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £1,661,034

Net assets shrinking

Down £32,748 YoY

Cash YoY

-17%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.2m

↓ 17% YoY

Net Worth

£1.7m

↓ 1.9% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Cash	£1.23M	£1.48M
Net assets	£1.66M	£1.69M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2025-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-09
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capital · SH03
2024-12-06
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-29
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-29
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-28
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-01-03
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-01-03
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-12-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-30
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-10-30
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-17
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CURNOW, Christopher William appointed
director
2022-12-08
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2022-11-29
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2021-10-08
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-09-02
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LINNANE, Claire appointed
director
2020-09-02
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LINNANE, Brian resigned
director
2019-02-01
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PEARSON, Julian appointed
director
2019-02-01
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LINNANE, Brian appointed
director
2017-09-19
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ACORNLEY, John Keith resigned
director
2016-04-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: South West Investment Group (Capital) Limited
2013-08-01
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ACORNLEY, John Keith appointed
director
2013-07-01
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BRYCE, James Francis resigned
director
2010-03-01
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BRYCE, James Francis appointed
director
2002-12-10
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ROBINSON, Matthew James resigned
director
2002-10-03
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Company incorporated
As CLAYWORKS LIMITED
2002-10-03
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BRYCE, Kathryn Emma appointed
secretary
2002-10-03
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BRYCE, Kathryn Emma appointed
director
2002-10-03
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WEISMANN, Adam Nelsen appointed
director
2002-10-03
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-03
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-03
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ROBINSON, Matthew James appointed
director
2002-10-03
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-10-03
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

50/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Momentum Investments Unlimited Company

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Glic Investments Unlimited Company

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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CLAYWORKS LIMITED

This company · 04552140

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Momentum Investments Unlimited Company Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/02/2022
Glic Investments Unlimited Company Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/02/2022

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Kathryn Emma Bryceceased 01/02/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
James Francis Bryceceased 01/02/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Adam Nelsen Weismannceased 01/02/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-10-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC23620 — SIC 23620

Registered office

Clayworks Higher Bochym Workshops

Cury Cross Lanes

Helston

Cornwall

TR12 7AZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last: 2026-03-14