CLEAR PROPERTY SOUTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI619097 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-26
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 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2022-03-11
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  9. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-05-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-05-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  16. 2018-05-09
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    address · AD01
  17. 2018-05-04
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    address · AD01
  18. 2018-01-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2018-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #7
  20. 2018-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #6
  21. 2018-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #5
  22. 2018-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #4
  23. 2018-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #3
  24. 2018-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2018-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2014-06-27
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
  27. 2014-06-27
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
  28. 2014-06-27
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
  29. 2014-06-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
  30. 2014-06-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
  31. 2014-05-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
  32. 2014-05-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
  33. 2013-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEAR PROPERTY SOUTH LIMITED
  34. 2013-06-26
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise appointed
    director
  35. 2013-06-26
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Colin James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin James Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Alison Mary Louise Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-06-26
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Block D
17 Heron Road
Belfast
BT3 9LE
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Alison Mary Louise→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-06-26
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Active
JOHNSTON, Colin James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-06-26
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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property11/03/2022—
satisfied
Bank of Ireland (UK)
Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property27/06/201419/01/2018
satisfied
Bank of Ireland (UK)
Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
A registered charge3 properties27/06/201419/01/2018
satisfied
Bank of Ireland (UK)
Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property27/06/201419/01/2018
satisfied
Bank of Ireland (UK)
Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property27/06/201419/01/2018
satisfied
Bank of Ireland (UK)
Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC
A registered charge3 properties27/06/201419/01/2018
satisfied
Bank of Ireland (UK) / The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC / The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
A registered charge1 property19/05/201419/01/2018
satisfied
Bank of Ireland (UK) / The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland (UK) PLC / The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
A registered charge—19/05/201419/01/2018
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Recent filings (49 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-16