ACTIVE CLEANING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04435492 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
69 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£90k£181k£271k£361k£451kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£451.3k
Current assets—£304.2k
Net assets—£451.3k
Average employees10—

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
3
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2026-05-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-05-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-26
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    address · AD02
  12. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-09-01
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    CLARKSON, Christopher appointed
    director
  17. 2002-05-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE CLEANING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2002-05-10
    ➕
    CLARKSON, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-05-10
    ➕
    CLARKSON, Nicola Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2002-05-10
    ➕
    CORPORATE LEGAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2002-05-10
    ➖
    CORPORATE LEGAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2002-05-10
    ➕
    CORPORATE LEGAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-05-10
    ➖
    CORPORATE LEGAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

C & N Clarkson Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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C & N Clarkson Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ACTIVE CLEANING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · 04435492

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
C & N Clarkson Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/02/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Nicola Jane Clarksonceased 27/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Christopher Clarksonceased 27/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2002-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

12 Lodge Hill Walk
New Farnley
Leeds
LS12 5TP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CLARKSON, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKSON, Christopher→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-09-01
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Active
CLARKSON, Nicola Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORPORATE LEGAL LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-05-10 · resigned 2002-05-10
Resigned
CORPORATE LEGAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-10 · resigned 2002-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-17