CLEAMAX ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04612181 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-09
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 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-10-30➕DAVIS, Philip Michael appointedsecretary
- 2017-10-30➖DAVIS, Michael William resignedsecretary
- 2012-07-18➕DAVIS, Philip Michael appointeddirector
- 2012-07-18➖DAVIS, Michael William resigneddirector
- 2003-03-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2002-12-10➕GOLDING, John Frederick James appointeddirector
- 2002-12-10➕DAVIS, Michael William appointedsecretary
- 2002-12-10➖HARRISON, Irene Lesley resignednominee-secretary
- 2002-12-10➕DAVIS, Michael William appointeddirector
- 2002-12-10➖BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-12-09🏢Company incorporatedAs CLEAMAX ENGINEERING LIMITED
- 2002-12-09➕HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointednominee-secretary
- 2002-12-09➕BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Michael William Davis Individual · British · DOB 02/1938 · age 88 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr John Frederick James Golding Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990
Registered office
Pendragon House
London Road
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 1LJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
DAVIS, Philip Michael→
Activesecretary · appointed 2017-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIS, Philip Michael→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2012-07-18
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GOLDING, John Frederick James→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2002-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIS, Michael William→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-12-10 · resigned 2017-10-30
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2002-12-10
DAVIS, Michael William→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2002-12-10 · resigned 2012-07-18
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-09 · resigned 2002-12-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 28/03/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (72 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-19