C.L. PROSSER & CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00585157 · ltd · incorporated 1957-06-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 55.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£1.90M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 55.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 55.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,901,228
Very low cash
Cash position: £37
Cash YoY
+32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37
↑ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 4.0% YoY
Current Assets
£3.3m
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£740k£1.5m£2.2m£3.0m£3.7mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£2.16M£2.11M
Current assets£3.27M£3.70M
Cash£37£28
Debtors£296.0k£456.8k
Net assets£1.90M£1.83M

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 accounts
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2026-01-20
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  3. 2026-01-20
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  4. 2026-01-20
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  6. 2026-01-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2026-01-20
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  8. 2026-01-20
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  9. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2025-02-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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  11. 2024-05-09
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  12. 2024-02-23
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  13. 2023-04-03
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    address · AD01
  14. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2022-04-04
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-12-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2021-11-26
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2021-05-28
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  19. 2019-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-03-26
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    BAINBRIDGE, Cyril Ruecroft resigned
    director
  21. 2014-07-11
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    Charge satisfied #7
  22. 2014-07-11
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    Charge satisfied #6
  23. 2014-07-11
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    Charge satisfied #5
  24. 2014-07-11
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    Charge satisfied #4
  25. 2014-07-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  26. 2006-07-31
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  27. 2000-12-06
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  28. 2000-12-06
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  29. 1994-07-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Forward Trust Limited
  30. 1993-04-06
    ➕
    SHARPE, Barbara Selina appointed
    secretary
  31. 1993-04-06
    ➕
    SHARPE, Barbara Selina appointed
    director
  32. 1993-04-06
    ➖
    BAINBRIDGE, Dorothy resigned
    secretary
  33. 1986-09-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  34. 1983-09-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  35. 1970-07-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  36. 1957-06-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As C.L. PROSSER & CO. LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 69 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Barbara Selina Sharpe
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/03/2018
Mr Robert Leslie Bainbridge
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/03/2018
Mr Ronald Edward Bainbridge
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/03/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1957-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

55 Loudoun Road
London
NW8 0DL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SHARPE, Barbara Selina→
secretary · appointed 1993-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAINBRIDGE, Robert Leslie→
director · ~66y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAINBRIDGE, Ronald Edward→
director · ~68y
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Active
SHARPE, Barbara Selina→
director · ~62y · appointed 1993-04-06
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Active
BAINBRIDGE, Dorothy→
secretary · resigned 1993-04-06
Resigned
BAINBRIDGE, Cyril Ruecroft→
director · ~97y · resigned 2016-03-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—26/11/2021—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Deed of charge over credit balances1 property31/07/200611/07/2014
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Chattel mortgage1 property06/12/200011/07/2014
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Chattel mortgage1 property06/12/200011/07/2014
satisfied
Forward Trust
Forward Trust Limited
Chattels mortgage1 property27/07/199411/07/2014
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property26/09/1986—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property12/09/198311/07/2014
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property21/07/1970—
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Recent filings (120 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21