CLAXTON COMPOSITES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08441706 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30110
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 30120SIC 30120
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
46 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-06-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-06-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-06📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-06-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-23➕STRINGER, Melanie Jane appointedsecretary
- 2025-05-23➕GILLETT, Simon James appointeddirector
- 2025-05-23➕STRINGER, Melanie Jane appointeddirector
- 2025-05-23➕TREGIDGO, Harvey Joe appointeddirector
- 2025-05-23➖CLAXTON, Emma Louise resigneddirector
- 2025-05-23➖CLAXTON, William Roland resigneddirector
- 2024-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2013-03-21➕CLAXTON, Emma Louise appointeddirector
- 2013-03-12🏢Company incorporatedAs CLAXTON COMPOSITES LIMITED
- 2013-03-12➕CLAXTON, William Roland appointeddirector
- 2013-03-12➕KAHAN, Barbara appointeddirector
- 2013-03-12➖KAHAN, Barbara resigneddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Balaena Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Balaena Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CLAXTON COMPOSITES LIMITED
This company · 08441706
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Balaena Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 23/05/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr William Roland Claxtonceased 06/06/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Emma Louise Claxtonceased 06/06/2025· 25-50% shares
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30110 — SIC 30110
Registered office
Gaia Energy Centre
Delabole
Cornwall
PL33 9DA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
STRINGER, Melanie Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILLETT, Simon James→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2025-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STRINGER, Melanie Jane→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2025-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TREGIDGO, Harvey Joe→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2025-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLAXTON, Emma Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2013-03-21 · resigned 2025-05-23
CLAXTON, William Roland→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2013-03-12 · resigned 2025-05-23
KAHAN, Barbara→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · appointed 2013-03-12 · resigned 2013-03-12
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/06/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-06
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-06-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-06