IKLEAN-GROUP(UK) LIMITED
🌱Startupactive
16405875 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-24
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 Apr 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 | 2026-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-06-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-06-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-06-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-06-18➕HESSEY, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2026-06-18➖POTTER, Katherine Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2026-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-24🏢Company incorporatedAs IKLEAN-GROUP(UK) LIMITED
- 2025-04-24➕POTTER, Katherine Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2025-04-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Christopher Jonathan Luke Hessey Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 24/04/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Lucia Aguirre De Potterceased 18/06/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Katherine Elizabeth Potterceased 18/06/2026· 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000
Registered office
The Byre Shaw Lane
Kings Bromley
Burton-On-Trent
DE13 7JQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
HESSEY, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2026-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POTTER, Katherine Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2025-04-24 · resigned 2026-06-18
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Recent filings (8 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-24