CLEARWATER SAFETY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC158422 · ltd · incorporated 1995-06-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-7.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (70/100, director aged 63). 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
76 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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,444
Cash YoY
+1569%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↑ 1569% YoY
Net Worth
-£7k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-7.4k | £-7.3k |
| Current assets | £2.8k | £1.8k |
| Cash | £2.0k | £118 |
| Debtors | £105 | £217 |
| Net assets | £-7.4k | £-7.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
8
filings
- • 6 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
8
filings
- • 6 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-22➖INNES, Jacqueline Anne resignedsecretary
- 2026-03-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-26📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-01-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-03📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2025-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 1995-06-05🏢Company incorporatedAs CLEARWATER SAFETY LIMITED
- 1995-06-05➕INNES, Calum John appointeddirector
- 1995-06-05➕INNES, Jacqueline Anne appointeddirector
- 1995-06-05➕INNES, Jacqueline Anne appointedsecretary
- 1995-06-05➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1995-06-05➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Calum John Innes Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 05/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Registered office
Easter Downies
Braemar
Ballater
AB35 5XX
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
INNES, Calum John→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1995-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
INNES, Jacqueline Anne→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 1995-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
INNES, Jacqueline Anne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-06-05 · resigned 2026-03-22
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1995-06-05 · resigned 1995-06-05
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Recent filings (76 total)
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-26
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-02