BARDON ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02089950 · ltd · incorporated 1987-01-15
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 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.13M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38220
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.3y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
24 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
122 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,129,791

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£46k
Net Worth
£1.1m
Current Assets
£1.4m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£1.13M
Current assets£1.36M
Cash£46.3k
Debtors£1.30M
Net assets£1.13M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-04
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    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2024-12-04
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    Charge satisfied #2
  4. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2024-07-30
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  6. 2023-08-29
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  7. 2023-08-16
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-08-07
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    PARKIN, Graeme Michael appointed
    director
  9. 2023-01-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-12-31
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    CROOKES, Darren Martin resigned
    director
  11. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-07-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2022-07-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-07
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    PORTSMOUTH, Susan Sara resigned
    secretary
  16. 2021-02-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2020-07-16
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  18. 2019-11-21
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  19. 2019-11-16
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  20. 2019-11-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2019-10-26
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    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2019-10-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  23. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2013-05-01
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    COTTON, Roger Howard resigned
    secretary
  25. 2013-05-01
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    PORTSMOUTH, Susan Sara appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-10-10
    ➕
    COTTON, Roger Howard appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-10-10
    ➖
    GILES, Susan Recca resigned
    secretary
  28. 2005-05-04
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    COTTON, Matthew Adam appointed
    director
  29. 2005-02-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  30. 2005-01-25
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    COTTON, Nicholas David appointed
    director
  31. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    COTTON, Roger Howard appointed
    director
  32. 2005-01-25
    ➖
    EID, John resigned
    secretary
  33. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    GILES, Susan Recca appointed
    secretary
  34. 2005-01-25
    ➖
    EID, John resigned
    director
  35. 2005-01-25
    ➖
    EID, Sheila Lois resigned
    director
  36. 1999-09-07
    ➕
    CROOKES, Darren Martin appointed
    director
  37. 1999-09-03
    ➕
    EID, Sheila Lois appointed
    director
  38. 1999-09-03
    ➖
    WARD, Brian resigned
    director
  39. 1987-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As BARDON ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Hlw 244 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hlw 244 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BARDON ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
This company · 02089950

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Hlw 244 Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Roger Howard Cottonceased 19/07/2016· significant influence

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38220 — SIC 38220

Registered office

President Park
President Way
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S4 7UR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

COTTON, Matthew Adam→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COTTON, Nicholas David→
director · ~50y · appointed 2005-01-25
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Active
COTTON, Roger Howard→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKIN, Graeme Michael→
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COTTON, Roger Howard→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-10 · resigned 2013-05-01
Resigned
EID, John→
secretary · resigned 2005-01-25
Resigned
GILES, Susan Recca→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2005-10-10
Resigned
PORTSMOUTH, Susan Sara→
secretary · appointed 2013-05-01 · resigned 2021-02-07
Resigned
CROOKES, Darren Martin→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-09-07 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
EID, John→
director · ~81y · resigned 2005-01-25
Resigned
EID, Sheila Lois→
director · ~81y · appointed 1999-09-03 · resigned 2005-01-25
Resigned
WARD, Brian→
director · ~77y · resigned 1999-09-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—22/10/201904/12/2024
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/02/200516/11/2019

Recent filings (122 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-04
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13