D & P WASTE PAPER & PLASTIC RECYCLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03111102 · ltd · incorporated 1995-10-06
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 14.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
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
90 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees400600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2024-10-30
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-10-30
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-14
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    address · AD01
  8. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-28
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  10. 2022-07-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-05
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    DEVANEY, Arthur Michael resigned
    director
  17. 2013-02-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2012-05-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2012-03-07
    ➕
    FISHER, Gail Louise appointed
    director
  20. 2012-03-07
    ➕
    GARRITY, Helena Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2012-03-07
    ➕
    SADLER, Maxine Sara appointed
    director
  22. 1995-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As D & P WASTE PAPER & PLASTIC RECYCLING LIMITED
  23. 1995-10-06
    ➕
    DEVANEY, Joan appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-10-06
    ➕
    DEVANEY, Joan appointed
    director
  25. 1995-10-06
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1995-10-06
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-10-06
    ➕
    DEVANEY, Arthur Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
Mrs Joan Devaney
Individual · British · DOB 08/1940 · age 86
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/10/2016

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
Incorporated1995-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

1-3 Upper Street Tettenhall
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV6 8QF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

DEVANEY, Joan→
secretary · appointed 1995-10-06
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Active
DEVANEY, Joan→
director · ~86y · appointed 1995-10-06
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Active
FISHER, Gail Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-03-07
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Active
GARRITY, Helena Elizabeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-03-07
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Active
SADLER, Maxine Sara→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-10-06 · resigned 1995-10-06
Resigned
DEVANEY, Arthur Michael→
director · ~88y · appointed 1995-10-06 · resigned 2015-06-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property10/05/201208/02/2013

Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-07-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-27