CLEAR BUSINESS WATER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+48.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
-18.8% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
-141.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The group's latest forecasts indicate an amendment or waiver of the EBITDA covenant is likely to be required from potentially as early as October 2026. If unable to obtain waivers, the lender may demand full SFA repayment. The group and company lack sufficient cash. These conditions indicate a material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,804,000 | £84,836,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,988,000 | -£1,248,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,988,000 | -£1,248,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,988,000 | -£2,094,000 | |
| Cash | £976,000 | £1,453,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,160,000 | £9,066,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,160,000 | £9,066,000 | |
| Equity | £11,160,000 | £9,066,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+3.7%
£81,804,000 £84,836,000
-
Cash
+48.9%
£976,000 £1,453,000
-
Net assets
-18.8%
£11,160,000 £9,066,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-141.8%
£2,988,000 -£1,248,000
-
Profit before tax
-141.8%
£2,988,000 -£1,248,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.8% | -13.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.57x | 2.32x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The group's latest forecasts indicate an amendment or waiver of the EBITDA covenant is likely to be required from potentially as early as October 2026. If unable to obtain waivers, the lender may demand full SFA repayment. The group and company lack sufficient cash. These conditions indicate a material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “During the year ended 30 April 2025, the Etihad Topco Limited group initiated operational, commercial, and strategic actions to stabilise the business, create a platform for sustainable growth and improve earnings quality. The January 2025 amendment to group's banking facilities extended maturity and refreshed covenants.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROVES, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2024-07-05 | — | — |
| BRIGHT, John Benjamin | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
| HULL, Lee Robert | Director | 2020-10-31 | Nov 1975 | British |
| LORD, Georgina Kathryn | Director | 2024-03-11 | Sep 1982 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Gillian Elizabeth | Secretary | 2015-12-03 | 2024-07-04 |
| OGSTON, Stuart | Secretary | 2013-07-21 | 2013-11-14 |
| SHAW, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2013-11-14 | 2015-12-03 |
| DOHERTY, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2024-05-14 |
| DUNCAN, James Kenneth | Director | 2013-03-06 | 2013-11-14 |
| EARLE, Christopher James | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2020-10-31 |
| O'DONNELL, John Christopher | Director | 2013-03-06 | 2022-03-18 |
| OGSTON, Stuart | Director | 2013-03-06 | 2013-07-22 |
| PERKINS, Jonathan William | Director | 2024-03-11 | 2025-11-30 |
| SMITH, Nicola Jayne | Director | 2014-06-10 | 2022-11-21 |
| YARDLEY, Stewart | Director | 2013-03-06 | 2022-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verastar Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-21 | Active |
| Ares Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-01-21 | Active |
| Verastar Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.