CLEAR BLUE CLEANING LIMITED

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SC366511 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-08
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
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-18.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £18,725
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £39,641 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£19k
↓ 190% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£19k-£8k£3k£13k£24k£35kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£74.6k£57.8k
Current assets£22.6k£34.6k
Net assets£-18.7k£20.9k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-07-30
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-10-18
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  5. 2022-10-10
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    PIECHOCKI, Michal resigned
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  7. 2022-07-30
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  8. 2021-11-12
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  9. 2021-11-12
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  10. 2021-11-01
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    PIECHOCKI, Michal appointed
    director
  11. 2021-07-30
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  12. 2020-07-31
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  13. 2019-07-16
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  14. 2018-10-17
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  17. 2018-10-16
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  18. 2018-07-31
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  19. 2016-07-31
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    JACKSON, April resigned
    director
  20. 2015-05-13
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    JACKSON, April appointed
    director
  21. 2011-12-17
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    GREIG, Arthur resigned
    director
  22. 2011-11-17
    ➖
    GREIG, Christopher resigned
    director
  23. 2009-10-09
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    JACKSON, Darren appointed
    secretary
  24. 2009-10-09
    ➖
    FEENEY, Alistair resigned
    secretary
  25. 2009-10-09
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    FEENEY, Alistair resigned
    director
  26. 2009-10-09
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    GREIG, Arthur appointed
    director
  27. 2009-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEAR BLUE CLEANING LIMITED
  28. 2009-10-08
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    JACKSON, Darren appointed
    director
  29. 2009-10-08
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    FEENEY, Alistair appointed
    secretary
  30. 2009-10-08
    ➕
    FEENEY, Alistair appointed
    director
  31. 2009-10-08
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    GREIG, Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Darren Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1985 · age 41
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michal Piechockiceased 10/10/2022· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

Unit 25 York Place
Aberdeen
AB11 5DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

JACKSON, Darren→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-09
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Active
JACKSON, Darren→
director · ~41y · appointed 2009-10-08
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Active
FEENEY, Alistair→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-08 · resigned 2009-10-09
Resigned
FEENEY, Alistair→
director · ~40y · appointed 2009-10-08 · resigned 2009-10-09
Resigned
GREIG, Arthur→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-10-09 · resigned 2011-12-17
Resigned
GREIG, Christopher→
director · ~39y · appointed 2009-10-08 · resigned 2011-11-17
Resigned
JACKSON, April→
director · ~34y · appointed 2015-05-13 · resigned 2016-07-31
Resigned
PIECHOCKI, Michal→
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-11-01 · resigned 2022-10-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30