CENTRALGRANGE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03832051 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£6.47M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 25.3y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (4 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
121 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £6,468,718
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3.1m
Net Worth
£6.5m
Current Assets
£5.4m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.99M |
| Current assets | £5.44M |
| Cash | £3.12M |
| Debtors | £2.32M |
| Net assets | £6.47M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-24➕MOLYNEUX, Faye Emily appointeddirector
- 2025-09-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-15🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2023-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-26📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-05-26🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2022-05-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-05-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-11-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-06-10🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2016-04-07🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Close Brothers Limited
- 2016-03-10➕MOLYNEUX, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2015-08-11➖PARRIN, Stuart resignedsecretary
- 2013-03-28🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited (As Security Trustee)
- 2013-03-08🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2012-10-16🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2012-03-07➖CLARE, Richard Jeremy resignedsecretary
- 2012-03-07➕PARRIN, Stuart appointedsecretary
- 2010-03-18🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2009-03-30🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Close Asset Finance Limited
- 2008-10-03➖MOORE, Brian resigneddirector
- 2008-09-01➕CLARE, Richard Jeremy appointedsecretary
- 2008-09-01➖WELSBY, Angela resignedsecretary
- 2006-08-14🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Christopher Molyneux
- 2006-08-01➕MOORE, Brian appointeddirector
- 2006-07-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2006-04-21➕WELSBY, Angela appointeddirector
- 2006-04-21➖MOLYNEUX, Christopher resigneddirector
- 2006-04-12➖OWEN, Karlton Gerrard resigneddirector
- 2006-01-11🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Ashley Commercial Finance Limited
- 2005-11-25➖COLLEY, Steven resigneddirector
- 2005-08-06➕OWEN, Karlton Gerrard appointeddirector
- 2005-06-01➕DEAN, Peter John appointeddirector
- 2004-11-12🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-10-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-03-01➕COLLEY, Steven appointeddirector
- 2001-04-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-01-10➖OGDEN, Teresa resignedsecretary
Showing most recent 50 of 60 events
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Centralgrange Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Centralgrange Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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CENTRALGRANGE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE LIMITED
This company · 03832051
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Centralgrange Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 12/05/2018 |
Mr Christopher Molyneux Individual · English · DOB 05/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 27/08/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Angela Welsbyceased 12/05/2018· 25-50% shares
- Centralgrange Limitedceased 12/05/2018· 75-100% shares
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210
Registered office
Cgew Recycling Merton Street
St Helens
Merseyside
WA9 1HU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (4 active · 11 resigned)
DEAN, Peter John→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2005-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOLYNEUX, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2016-03-10
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MOLYNEUX, Faye Emily→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2025-11-24
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WELSBY, Angela→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-21
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CLARE, Richard Jeremy→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-09-01 · resigned 2012-03-07
OGDEN, Teresa→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-09-14 · resigned 2001-01-10
PARRIN, Stuart→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-03-07 · resigned 2015-08-11
WELSBY, Angela→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-01-10 · resigned 2008-09-01
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-08-26 · resigned 1999-09-14
COLLEY, Steven→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2005-11-25
MOLYNEUX, Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2001-01-10 · resigned 2006-04-21
MOORE, Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2006-08-01 · resigned 2008-10-03
OGDEN, Neil James→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 1999-09-14 · resigned 2001-01-10
OWEN, Karlton Gerrard→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2005-08-06 · resigned 2006-04-12
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-26 · resigned 1999-09-14
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/04/2016 | 15/04/2024 | |
| satisfied | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services Limited (As Security Trustee) | Debenture | 1 property | 28/03/2013 | 26/05/2022 | |
| satisfied | Close Asset Finance Close Asset Finance Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 30/03/2009 | 10/06/2016 | |
| outstanding | Christopher Molyneux | Legal charge | 1 property | 14/08/2006 | — | |
| satisfied | Ashley Commercial Finance Ashley Commercial Finance Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 11/01/2006 | 16/10/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Charge of deposit | 1 property | 12/11/2004 | 18/03/2010 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 15/10/2004 | 08/03/2013 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 12/04/2001 | 21/07/2006 |
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Recent filings (121 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-17
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
2022-08-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-05-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-19