F.& W.COLLINS(WASTE MATERIALS)LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00428295 · ltd · incorporated 1947-01-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£489.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46770SIC 46770
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £489,773
Cash YoY
+42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£548k
↑ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£490k
↑ 8.9% YoY
Current Assets
£731k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£146k£292k£439k£585k£731kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£506.9k£472.0k
Current assets£731.2k£617.7k
Cash£548.5k£385.1k
Debtors£182.7k£232.6k
Net assets£489.8k£449.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-06
    ➖
    COLLINS, Brian resigned
    director
  3. 2025-06-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-11-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    RACE, Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    COLLINS, John Brian appointed
    director
  18. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    RACE, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  19. 2007-06-12
    ➖
    COLLINS, Lilian resigned
    secretary
  20. 2007-06-12
    ➖
    COLLINS, Lilian resigned
    director
  21. 1995-06-20
    ➕
    COLLINS, Lilian appointed
    director
  22. 1947-01-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As F.& W.COLLINS(WASTE MATERIALS)LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLLINS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 79 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Collins (Deceased)
Individual · British · DOB 03/1937 · age 89
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1947-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

139 Upper Allen Street
Sheffield
S3 7GW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RACE, Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-02
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Active
COLLINS, John Brian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-08-02
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Active
RACE, Jacqueline→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-08-02
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Active
COLLINS, Lilian→
secretary · resigned 2007-06-12
Resigned
COLLINS, Brian→
director · ~89y · resigned 2025-06-06
Resigned
COLLINS, Lilian→
director · ~86y · appointed 1995-06-20 · resigned 2007-06-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28