WHITE LABEL CLEANERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI601993 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-02
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 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96010Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 10.2y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £86,672

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-04-30
Profit before tax£86.7k
Average employees1100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  2. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-09-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-05-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  19. 2016-03-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  20. 2014-12-01
    ➕
    HODGEN, Robert William appointed
    director
  21. 2010-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As WHITE LABEL CLEANERS LTD
  22. 2010-02-02
    ➕
    HODGEN, Susan Mary Catherine appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-02-02
    ➕
    HODGEN, Gareth Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2010-02-02
    ➕
    HODGEN, Susan Mary Catherine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Wlc Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Wlc Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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WHITE LABEL CLEANERS LTD
This company · NI601993

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Wlc Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting04/03/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Robert William Hodgenceased 04/03/2024· significant influence
  • Mrs Susan Mary Catherine Hodgenceased 04/03/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Gareth Robert Hodgenceased 04/03/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2010-02-02
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

15 Commercial Road
Banbridge
BT32 3ES
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

HODGEN, Susan Mary Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HODGEN, Gareth Robert→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-02-02
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Active
HODGEN, Robert William→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active
HODGEN, Susan Mary Catherine→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-02-02
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property10/05/2019—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge—08/03/2016—
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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-14