A CLEANER GENERATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09125810 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-10
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 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-20➕WHEELER, Laura Jane appointeddirector
- 2024-12-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-08-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-02-24➖POUND, Christopher John resigneddirector
- 2018-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: South West Investment Group (Capital) Limited
- 2014-07-10🏢Company incorporatedAs A CLEANER GENERATION LIMITED
- 2014-07-10➕WHEELER, Paul Alan appointeddirector
- 2014-07-10➕POUND, Christopher John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Paul Alan Wheeler Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Christopher John Poundceased 10/02/2020· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81222 — Specialised cleaning services
Registered office
Promised Land Cottage
Promised Land
St. Agnes
Cornwall
TR5 0AZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
WHEELER, Laura Jane→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2024-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHEELER, Paul Alan→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2014-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POUND, Christopher John→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2014-07-10 · resigned 2019-02-24
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | South West Investment Group (Capital) South West Investment Group (Capital) Limited | A registered charge | — | 05/07/2017 | 05/08/2022 |
Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29