CLEARCOST ENERGY (GB) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC384433 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-154.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
74 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £153,979

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£154k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 57% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£154k-£122k-£90k-£59k-£27k£5kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-154.0k£-136.2k
Current assets£2.0k£4.8k
Net assets£-154.0k£-138.5k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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  2. 2024-06-05
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  3. 2023-08-17
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  4. 2023-07-24
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  5. 2023-04-12
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  6. 2023-04-05
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    DAVIES, Mark Richard resigned
    director
  7. 2022-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2021-07-20
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  9. 2020-11-05
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  10. 2020-11-05
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  11. 2020-10-06
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  12. 2020-07-16
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  13. 2019-09-18
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  14. 2019-08-20
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  15. 2019-07-04
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  16. 2019-03-28
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  17. 2019-03-28
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  18. 2019-03-27
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  19. 2018-02-01
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    MORRIS, Christopher William, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2017-03-28
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    MCPHERSON, David James resigned
    director
  21. 2013-08-01
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    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2013-08-01
    ➖
    DAVIES, Jill resigned
    secretary
  23. 2012-08-01
    ➖
    LESLIE, Devon William Edward resigned
    director
  24. 2011-09-29
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    MCPHERSON, David James appointed
    director
  25. 2011-03-22
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    DAVIES, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  26. 2011-03-22
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    LESLIE, Devon William Edward appointed
    director
  27. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    DAVIES, Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    DAVIES, Jill appointed
    secretary
  29. 2011-03-21
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    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2011-03-21
    ➖
    LEIPER, Pamela Summers resigned
    director
  31. 2010-08-27
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEARCOST ENERGY (GB) LIMITED
  32. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2010-08-27
    ➕
    LEIPER, Pamela Summers 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

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

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Clearcost Energy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CLEARCOST ENERGY (GB) LIMITED
This company · SC384433

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
Clearcost Energy Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/10/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Business Utility Solutions Limitedceased 31/12/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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7 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
Incorporated2010-08-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Johnstone House
52-54 Rose Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Michael→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, Christopher William, Dr→
director · ~79y · appointed 2018-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Jill→
secretary · appointed 2011-03-21 · resigned 2013-08-01
Resigned
LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-27 · resigned 2011-03-21
Resigned
DAVIES, Mark Richard→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-03-22 · resigned 2023-04-05
Resigned
LEIPER, Pamela Summers→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-08-27 · resigned 2011-03-21
Resigned
LESLIE, Devon William Edward→
director · ~51y · appointed 2011-03-22 · resigned 2012-08-01
Resigned
MCPHERSON, David James→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-09-29 · resigned 2017-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-11-05
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-11-05