PLASTICLEAN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC237172 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£69.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
  • 85310General secondary education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £69,142

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£69k
↑ 201% YoY
Current Assets
£801
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£69k-£41k-£13k£14k£42k£69kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£403£403
Current assets£801£801
Net assets£69.1k£-68.6k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-12-29
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  4. 2022-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-31
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  6. 2020-12-31
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  7. 2019-12-27
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  8. 2018-12-27
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  9. 2017-12-28
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  10. 2016-12-30
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  11. 2015-12-29
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  12. 2015-11-02
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  13. 2014-12-22
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  14. 2014-09-28
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  15. 2013-12-26
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  16. 2002-09-20
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    Company incorporated
    As PLASTICLEAN LIMITED
  17. 2002-09-20
    ➕
    FORD, Bernice Margaret appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-09-20
    ➕
    FORD, Nicholas Duncan appointed
    director
  19. 2002-09-20
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-09-20
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-09-20
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  22. 2002-09-20
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Duncan Ford
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/09/2016
Mrs Bernice Ford
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/09/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Flat 3f1, 9 Woodburn Terrace
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH10 4SH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FORD, Bernice Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-20
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Active
FORD, Nicholas Duncan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-09-20
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Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-20 · resigned 2002-09-20
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2002-09-20 · resigned 2002-09-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-09
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accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17
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accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-27