COLCHESTER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04044219 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-01
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
64 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees2300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-20
    ➖
    SLADE, Terence Roy resigned
    director
  5. 2023-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2017-10-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-06-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-06-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2016-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-02-07
    ➖
    SLADE, Patricia Christine resigned
    director
  19. 2000-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COLCHESTER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    SLADE, Caron Lynn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    SLADE, Mark Roy appointed
    director
  22. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-08-01
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    SLADE, Patricia Christine appointed
    director
  25. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    SLADE, Terence Roy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Terence Roy Slade
Individual · British · DOB 02/1945 · age 81
50–75%
50–75%sig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Mark Roy Slade
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated2000-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Greenacres Old Packards Lane
Wormingford
Colchester
Essex
CO6 3AH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SLADE, Caron Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SLADE, Mark Roy→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2000-08-01
Resigned
SLADE, Patricia Christine→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2016-02-07
Resigned
SLADE, Terence Roy→
director · ~81y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2024-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-22