CREST ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04114732 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-22

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£1.02M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.5 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: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,016,791

Cash YoY

+2%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£404k

↑ 1.6% YoY

Net Worth

£1.0m

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

↑ 8.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£1.05M	£847.9k
Current assets	£1.10M	£1.02M
Cash	£404.0k	£397.5k
Debtors	£689.2k	£609.4k
Net assets	£1.02M	£819.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-06-26
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
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HAMMOND, John Emlyn appointed
director
2024-02-12
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MARSTON, Gary David appointed
director
2024-02-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-15
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WATERS, John Adam appointed
director
2024-01-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-12
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BURROWS, Philippa appointed
director
2024-01-12
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EVANS, Jeffrey Michael resigned
director
2024-01-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
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EVANS, Jennifer Anne resigned
director
2022-08-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-11-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-11-08
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BAILEY, Barbara Ann appointed
director
2011-04-01
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BAILEY, Barbara Ann appointed
secretary
2011-04-01
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SHINTON, Alan Paul appointed
director
2011-04-01
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SHINTON, Alan Paul resigned
secretary
2008-12-01
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EVANS, Jeffrey Michael appointed
director
2006-01-25
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EVANS, Jeffrey Michael appointed
director
2006-01-25
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EVANS, Jeffrey Michael resigned
director
2005-11-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-11-22
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Company incorporated
As CREST ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED
2000-11-22
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SHINTON, Alan Paul appointed
secretary
2000-11-22
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SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-22
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SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-22
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EVANS, Jennifer Anne appointed
director
2000-11-22
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SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-11-22
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SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Paul Shinton Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	08/01/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Jennifer Anne Evansceased 21/11/2019· 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-11-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Innospec Manufacturing Park

Oil Sites Road

Ellesmere Port

Cheshire

CH65 4EY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-06

Last: 2025-11-22