ASBESTOS CONTROL AND TREATMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03770250 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-13
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38220
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 25.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 4 with DOB)
77
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
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees23002700

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-07-25
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  4. 2022-07-26
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  5. 2021-07-30
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  6. 2020-10-27
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  7. 2019-07-03
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  8. 2018-07-06
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  9. 2017-09-27
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2017-09-27
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2017-07-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-07
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    address · AD01
  13. 2016-05-23
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  14. 2016-04-06
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  15. 2015-07-21
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  16. 2014-06-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2012-03-26
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    SHAW, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  18. 2008-12-18
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    BROWN, Alan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-12-18
    ➖
    STRIPES NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-01-10
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    STRIPES NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-01-10
    ➖
    WACKS CALLER (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-12-16
    ➖
    BLACK, Stephen Howard resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-12-16
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    WACKS CALLER (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2004-11-30
    ➕
    SHAW, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2002-05-24
    ➖
    WHITFIELD, Andrew Simon resigned
    director
  26. 2002-01-21
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Michael Roy resigned
    director
  27. 2002-01-21
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    WHITFIELD, Andrew Simon appointed
    director
  28. 2001-09-28
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    WILLIAMS, Shaun Francis appointed
    director
  29. 2000-11-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  30. 2000-08-08
    ➕
    BLACK, Stephen Howard appointed
    secretary
  31. 2000-08-08
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2000-08-08
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Michael Roy appointed
    director
  33. 2000-08-08
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2000-08-08
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1999-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ASBESTOS CONTROL AND TREATMENT LIMITED
  36. 1999-05-13
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1999-05-13
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1999-05-13
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Group structure

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

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Crystalspark Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ASBESTOS CONTROL AND TREATMENT LIMITED
This company · 03770250

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
Crystalspark Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38220 — SIC 38220

Registered office

Unit 6 Morrow Court Owen Drive
Speke
Liverpool
L24 1YL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

BROWN, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Shaun Francis→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACK, Stephen Howard→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-08 · resigned 2004-12-16
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-05-13 · resigned 2000-08-08
Resigned
STRIPES NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-01-10 · resigned 2008-12-18
Resigned
WACKS CALLER (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-16 · resigned 2007-01-10
Resigned
ANDERSON, Michael Roy→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-08-08 · resigned 2002-01-21
Resigned
SHAW, Peter Anthony→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2012-03-26
Resigned
WHITFIELD, Andrew Simon→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-01-21 · resigned 2002-05-24
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-05-13 · resigned 2000-08-08
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-05-13 · resigned 2000-08-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties10/06/2014—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property28/11/2000—
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Recent filings (91 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
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accounts · AA
2025-07-29
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2025-05-17
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2024-07-29
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2024-05-24
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accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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2023-05-19
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2022-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
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accounts · AA
2021-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
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accounts · AA
2020-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20
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accounts · AA
2019-07-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-15