CS2 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03888977 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-06

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£8.54M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 19.8y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

27 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

138 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Profitable

Profit before tax £906,526

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Turnover	£8.54M
Gross profit	£2.92M
Profit before tax	£906.5k
Average employees	7000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2025-09-26
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accounts · AA
2025-04-03
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officers · AP01
2025-04-02
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officers · TM01
2025-04-01
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HERLIHY, Francis appointed
director
2025-03-31
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DRAPER, Abigail Sarah resigned
director
2024-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-15
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Ares Management Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties
2023-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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capital · SH08
2022-12-07
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-08-09
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-08-08
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capital · SH01
2022-02-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-14
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-12-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-24
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Ares Management Limited (As Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties (as Defined in the Instrument))
2021-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-08-02
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officers · AP03
2021-07-30
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EVANS, Sally appointed
secretary
2021-07-30
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RYDER, Alasdair Alan appointed
director
2021-07-30
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TUCKWELL, George William, Dr appointed
director
2021-07-30
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JAY, David Stephen resigned
secretary
2021-07-30
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DRAPER, Abigail Sarah appointed
director
2021-07-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-07-09
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-03-31
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EDGE, Alan Christopher Lloyd resigned
director
2021-01-01
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GREGORY, Michael resigned
director
2018-05-18
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OWEN, Vincent Reginald Pryce resigned
director
2011-08-31
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EDGE, Alan Christopher Lloyd appointed
director
2007-03-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2006-09-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2006-04-01
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JAY, David Stephen appointed
secretary
2006-03-31
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CULLINGWORTH, Richard resigned
secretary
2006-03-31
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CULLINGWORTH, Richard resigned
director
2003-10-07
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GREGORY, Michael appointed
director
2003-08-14
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OWEN, Vincent Reginald Pryce appointed
director
2001-01-17
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JAY, David Stephen appointed
director
2001-01-17
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MATHER, Andrew Livingstone appointed
director
2001-01-17
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CULLINGWORTH, Richard appointed
secretary
2001-01-17
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EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-01-17
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CULLINGWORTH, Richard appointed
director
2001-01-17
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EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
1999-12-06
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Company incorporated
As CS2 LIMITED
1999-12-06
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EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Rsk Environment Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CS2 LIMITED

This company · 03888977

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Rsk Environment Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/07/2021

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr David Stephen Jayceased 30/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Andrew Livingstone Matherceased 30/07/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Michael Gregoryceased 17/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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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

Incorporated1999-12-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Spring Lodge 172 Chester Road

Helsby

Frodsham

WA6 0AR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-10

Last: 2026-01-27