CLEAR-VIEW FIFE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC333848 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£274.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Window cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.0 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 (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £274,447
Net assets shrinking
Down £210,055 YoY
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£153k
↓ 5.5% YoY
Net Worth
£274k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£168k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £420.9k | £685.4k |
| Current assets | £167.9k | £327.0k |
| Cash | £152.9k | £161.8k |
| Debtors | £15.0k | £160.8k |
| Net assets | £274.4k | £484.5k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-12-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-23📄statement-of-companys-objectschange-of-constitution · CC04
- 2024-12-23📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-12-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-02-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-28📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2020-06-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-06-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2011-03-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2008-04-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-11-13🏢Company incorporatedAs CLEAR-VIEW FIFE LIMITED
- 2007-11-13➕BUCHAN, Jacqueline appointedsecretary
- 2007-11-13➕BUCHAN, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2007-11-13➕BUCHAN, Andrew Watson French appointeddirector
- 2007-11-13➕BUCHAN, Jacqueline appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 Bux Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
2 Bux Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CLEAR-VIEW FIFE LIMITED
This company · SC333848
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 Bux Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/12/2024 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Clear-View Scotland Limitedceased 24/12/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mr Andrew Buchanceased 18/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Andrew Watson French Buchanceased 18/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Jacqueline Buchanceased 17/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81221 — Window cleaning services
Registered office
75 Whitecraigs Road Whitehill Industrial Estate
Glenrothes
Fife
KY6 2RX
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
BUCHAN, Jacqueline→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-11-13
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BUCHAN, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2007-11-13
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BUCHAN, Andrew Watson French→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2007-11-13
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BUCHAN, Jacqueline→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2007-11-13
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/06/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 23/03/2011 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 23/04/2008 | 23/06/2020 |
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-01-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-29
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2024-12-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28