CLEARED GROUND DEMINING

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05017487 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-01-16
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38120
Sector: Water supply & waste
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: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-11-03
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  4. 2022-11-03
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  5. 2021-09-30
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  6. 2020-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  7. 2019-09-23
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  8. 2018-10-06
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  9. 2018-03-29
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  10. 2018-03-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  11. 2017-09-19
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  12. 2016-10-11
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  13. 2016-02-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
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  14. 2015-11-13
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  15. 2015-01-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-03-22
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    HARRIS, Edward James David appointed
    director
  17. 2013-03-22
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    O'LEARY, Michele Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2012-11-20
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    DOCHERTY, Angela Pat resigned
    director
  19. 2012-08-13
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    DREWIENKIEWICZ, Karol John, Maj Gen Retd resigned
    director
  20. 2006-01-06
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    BALLINGER, Stephen resigned
    director
  21. 2005-11-28
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    COE, Jonathan appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-28
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    DOCHERTY, Angela Pat appointed
    director
  23. 2005-11-28
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    DREWIENKIEWICZ, Karol John, Maj Gen Retd appointed
    director
  24. 2004-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEARED GROUND DEMINING
  25. 2004-01-16
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    MCKEOWN, Cassandra appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-01-16
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    MCKEOWN, Cassandra appointed
    director
  27. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    THOMAS, Howard appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-01-16
    ➖
    THOMAS, Howard resigned
    nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    BALLINGER, Stephen appointed
    director
  30. 2004-01-16
    ➕
    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
    nominee-director
  31. 2004-01-16
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    TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2004-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38120 — SIC 38120

Registered office

24b 188 Kings Road
Chelsea
London
SW3 5XR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

MCKEOWN, Cassandra→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-16
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Active
COE, Jonathan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-11-28
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Active
HARRIS, Edward James David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-03-22
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Active
MCKEOWN, Cassandra→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-01-16
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Active
O'LEARY, Michele Ann→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-03-22
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Active
THOMAS, Howard→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
Resigned
BALLINGER, Stephen→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2006-01-06
Resigned
DOCHERTY, Angela Pat→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-11-28 · resigned 2012-11-20
Resigned
DREWIENKIEWICZ, Karol John, Maj Gen Retd→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-11-28 · resigned 2012-08-13
Resigned
TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→
nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2004-01-16 · resigned 2004-01-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
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accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-30
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accounts · AA
2019-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-20