1 - 2 CLEAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04672682 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-20
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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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees7700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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  2. 2026-03-12
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-12
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2026-03-12
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-08-12
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    TURNER, Lee Christopher appointed
    director
  9. 2024-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-14
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  11. 2021-10-30
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  12. 2020-07-31
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  13. 2019-09-17
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-09-09
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    ROBINSON, Katy Alexandra appointed
    director
  15. 2019-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  16. 2018-08-06
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  17. 2017-07-27
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  18. 2003-02-25
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    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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  19. 2003-02-25
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    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2003-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 1 - 2 CLEAR LIMITED
  21. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Nicola Christine appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Nicola Christine appointed
    director
  23. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-02-20
    ➕
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Nicola Christine Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Paul Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Suite One Hedley Court
Boothferry Road
Goole
East Yorkshire
DN14 6AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

ROBINSON, Nicola Christine→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-20
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Active
ROBINSON, Katy Alexandra→
director · ~28y · appointed 2019-09-09
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Active
ROBINSON, Nicola Christine→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-02-20
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Active
ROBINSON, Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-02-20
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Active
TURNER, Lee Christopher→
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-08-12
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Active
ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2003-02-25
Resigned
ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2003-02-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-30