CAPITAL POWER CLEAN LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC332575 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£545.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -90% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £545,928
Net assets shrinking
Down £149,372 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 90% YoY
Cash YoY
-90%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£13k
↓ 90% YoY
Net Worth
£546k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£718k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £643.4k | £820.2k |
| Current assets | £717.6k | £1.14M |
| Cash | £13.0k | £131.7k |
| Debtors | £207.0k | £466.3k |
| Net assets | £545.9k | £695.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-10-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-10-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2012-05-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-10-18🏢Company incorporatedAs CAPITAL POWER CLEAN LIMITED
- 2007-10-18➕REYNOLDS, Alison June appointedsecretary
- 2007-10-18➕REYNOLDS, Thomas appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 19 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
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.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Thomas Reynolds Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 18/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200
Registered office
12 Lindsay Square
Deans Industrial Estate
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 8RL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
REYNOLDS, Alison June→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REYNOLDS, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2007-10-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 25/05/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18