CLEARWELL ENERGY LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

07430686 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-05

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.8y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

23 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £213,425

Slipped into loss

Moved from profit to loss this year

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£-213.4k	£400.5k
Average employees	0	0

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-02-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-18
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-02-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2019-11-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-10-31
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COUTTS, Keith Graeme appointed
director
2019-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-12-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-11-14
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FERGUSSON, Alasdair Macneil resigned
director
2017-10-18
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FERGUSSON, Alasdair Macneil appointed
director
2017-05-09
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BURNESS PAULL LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2017-05-09
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FERGUSON, Stuart Edward appointed
director
2017-05-09
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MCGUINNESS, Neil Stephen appointed
director
2017-05-09
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CLARK, Suzanne Margaret resigned
secretary
2017-05-09
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CLARK, David Samuel Martin resigned
director
2017-01-17
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CLARK, David Samuel Martin appointed
director
2010-11-05
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Company incorporated
As CLEARWELL ENERGY LIMITED
2010-11-05
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CLARK, Martin appointed
director
2010-11-05
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CLARK, Suzanne Margaret appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

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

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Clearwell Energy Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CLEARWELL ENERGY LIMITED

This company · 07430686

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
Clearwell Energy Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Msl Oilfield Services Ltdceased 09/05/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Msl Group Holdings Ltdceased 03/01/2017· 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-11-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Msl Oilfield Services Ltd, B8 Millbrook Close

Chandler's Ford

Hants

SO53 4BZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-17

Last: 2026-02-03