CENTRALGRANGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03177897 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£7.41M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 25.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
86 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,411,949

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£335
Net Worth
£7.4m
Current Assets
£7.4m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-30
Total assets£7.41M
Current assets£7.42M
Cash£335
Debtors£1.39M
Net assets£7.41M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2024-04-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2023-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-11-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-09
    ➕
    MOLYNEUX, Christopher appointed
    director
  19. 2006-04-24
    ➕
    DEAN, Peter John appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-24
    ➖
    MOLYNEUX, Christopher resigned
    director
  21. 2001-02-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1997-03-28
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1996-03-28
    ➕
    WELSBY, Angela appointed
    secretary
  24. 1996-03-28
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1996-03-28
    ➕
    MOLYNEUX, Christopher appointed
    director
  26. 1996-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CENTRALGRANGE LIMITED
  27. 1996-03-26
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1996-03-26
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Molyneux
Individual · English · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Welsby
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Cew Recycling Group
Merton Street
St Helens
Merseyside
WA9 1HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WELSBY, Angela→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEAN, Peter John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOLYNEUX, Christopher→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-26 · resigned 1996-03-28
Resigned
MOLYNEUX, Christopher→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-03-28 · resigned 2006-04-24
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-03-26 · resigned 1997-03-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property13/02/200115/04/2024

Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-10