GARDINERS RECLAIMED BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04123187 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-12
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.2y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 500 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-10-05➕GARDINER, Alison Lillian appointedsecretary
- 2022-10-05📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28➖GARDINER, Alison Lilian resignedsecretary
- 2020-10-28📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-04-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2000-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs GARDINERS RECLAIMED BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED
- 2000-12-12➕GARDINER, Paul Vincent appointeddirector
- 2000-12-12➕GARDINER, Alison Lilian appointedsecretary
- 2000-12-12➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-12-12➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GARDINER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Vincent Gardiner Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Alison Lilian Gardiner Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320
Registered office
Grove Road Industrial Estate Grove Road
Fenton
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 4LG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
GARDINER, Alison Lillian→
Activesecretary · appointed 2022-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GARDINER, Paul Vincent→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2000-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GARDINER, Alison Lilian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-12-12 · resigned 2020-10-28
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-12 · resigned 2000-12-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 07/04/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (66 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07