CLEE METALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08046445 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-26
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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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-08-28
    ➕
    FARRELL, William James appointed
    director
  9. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-02-19
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    BROWN, George James appointed
    director
  17. 2015-02-19
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    BRACEY, Shaun resigned
    director
  18. 2015-02-19
    ➖
    BURCHELL, Robert resigned
    director
  19. 2012-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEE METALS LIMITED
  20. 2012-04-26
    ➕
    BRACEY, Shaun appointed
    director
  21. 2012-04-26
    ➕
    BURCHELL, Robert appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George James Brown
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/02/2017

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
Incorporated2012-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

17 Wilton Road
Humberston
Grimsby
DN36 4AW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, George James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARRELL, William James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRACEY, Shaun→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-04-26 · resigned 2015-02-19
Resigned
BURCHELL, Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-04-26 · resigned 2015-02-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-18