C.B. ENVIRONMENTAL LTD.

🌳Matureactive
03553364 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-27
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 24.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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

2 live charges · oldest 24.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees1919

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-13
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-05-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-14
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2023-02-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2023-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-01
    ➕
    GOBOURN, Katie Danielle appointed
    secretary
  11. 2023-01-01
    ➖
    GOBOURN, Solveig resigned
    secretary
  12. 2022-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-04-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2017-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2002-05-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2002-05-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2002-05-01
    ➕
    GOBOURN, Leon appointed
    director
  22. 1998-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As C.B. ENVIRONMENTAL LTD.
  23. 1998-04-27
    ➕
    GOBOURN, John appointed
    director
  24. 1998-04-27
    ➕
    GOBOURN, Solveig appointed
    director
  25. 1998-04-27
    ➕
    GOBOURN, Solveig appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-04-27
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-04-27
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Leon Gobourn
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Solveig Gobourn
Individual · British · DOB 11/1940 · age 86
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Gobourn
Individual · British · DOB 09/1943 · age 83
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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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
Incorporated1998-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Cwm Nant Yard Capel Bangor
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3LL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GOBOURN, Katie Danielle→
secretary · appointed 2023-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOBOURN, John→
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOBOURN, Leon→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOBOURN, Solveig→
director · ~86y · appointed 1998-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOBOURN, Solveig→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-27 · resigned 2023-01-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-27 · resigned 1998-04-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property24/05/2002—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property13/05/2002—
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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-02-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-18