CLEARTAXATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC473300 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-24
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tax consultancy
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
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 £5,116
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,373 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£22k£33k£44k£55kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£10.1k£21.4k
Current assets£23.1k£55.3k
Net assets£5.1k£6.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-06-11
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-04-10
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    address · AD02
  15. 2015-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEARTAXATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  17. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    FRASER, David Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2014-03-24
    ➕
    REID, Arlene Jean appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 72 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 12 years.
  • 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
Mrs Arlene Jean Reid
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Robert Fraser
Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69203 — Tax consultancy

Registered office

93 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3ES

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FRASER, David Robert→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-03-24
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Active
REID, Arlene Jean→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-03-24
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27