CARMARTHENSHIRE RECYCLING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03629750 · ltd · incorporated 1998-09-10
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 26.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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
4 live charges · oldest 26.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.7 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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
85 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 1100 | 1100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-21🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2011-04-01➖JONES, David Donald resigneddirector
- 2011-04-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2011-04-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2004-01-01➕JONES, Julian Emlyn appointeddirector
- 1999-11-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1998-09-10🏢Company incorporatedAs CARMARTHENSHIRE RECYCLING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED
- 1998-09-10➕JONES, Helen Anne appointedsecretary
- 1998-09-10➕JONES, Helen Anne appointeddirector
- 1998-09-10➕HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointednominee-secretary
- 1998-09-10➖HARRISON, Irene Lesley resignednominee-secretary
- 1998-09-10➕JONES, David Donald appointeddirector
- 1998-09-10➕BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1998-09-10➖BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Helen Anne Jones Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Julian Emlyn Jones Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210
Registered office
Llys Deri
Parc Pensarn
Carmarthen
SA31 2NF
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
JONES, Helen Anne→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 1998-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Julian Emlyn→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2004-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1998-09-10 · resigned 1998-09-10
JONES, David Donald→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 1998-09-10 · resigned 2011-04-01
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-09-10 · resigned 1998-09-10
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/03/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 01/04/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 01/04/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 04/11/1999 | — |
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Recent filings (85 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29