CLEARWAYS ENVIRONMENTAL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15406600 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-11
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-22.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 37000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 39000SIC 39000
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,586

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£716
Net Worth
-£23k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£-15.1k
Current assets£2.0k
Cash£716
Debtors£1.3k
Net assets£-22.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-04-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-04-21
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-29
    SMITH, Levi Peter James resigned
    director
  6. 2024-08-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-04-30
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2024-04-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-04-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-01-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLEARWAYS ENVIRONMENTAL LTD
  11. 2024-01-11
    GREENWAY, Benjamin William appointed
    director
  12. 2024-01-11
    SMITH, Levi Peter James appointed
    director
  13. 2024-01-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin William Greenway
Individual · English · DOB 10/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/01/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Levi Peter James Smithceased 29/08/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

28 Wilton Road
Bexhill On Sea
East Sussex
TN40 1EZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

GREENWAY, Benjamin William
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-01-11
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Active
SMITH, Levi Peter James
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-01-11 · resigned 2024-08-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-11