PM RECYCLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04170309 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£995
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £995
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,666 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£995
↓ 89% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£13k£20k£26k£33kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£9.3k£24.6k
Current assets£13.0k£32.8k
Cash£1.9k£5.1k
Debtors£10.3k£26.9k
Net assets£995£8.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 change-of-name
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2015-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-06-15
    ➖
    PLATT, Anthony James Thomas resigned
    director
  17. 2002-10-19
    ➖
    ALLISON, Leslie Paul resigned
    director
  18. 2002-10-19
    ➕
    PLATT, Anthony James Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2001-03-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PM RECYCLE LIMITED
  20. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    MASON, Carol Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    MASON, Carol Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    MASON, Paul Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    LAZARUS, Heather Ann appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-03-01
    ➖
    LAZARUS, Heather Ann resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    ALLISON, Leslie Paul appointed
    director
  26. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    LAZARUS, Harry Pierre appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 2001-03-01
    ➖
    LAZARUS, Harry Pierre resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carol Ann Mason
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

7 Appley Lane North
Appley Bridge
Wigan
Lancashire
WN6 9AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MASON, Carol Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASON, Carol Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASON, Paul Michael→
director · ~47y · appointed 2001-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAZARUS, Heather Ann→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2001-03-01
Resigned
ALLISON, Leslie Paul→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2002-10-19
Resigned
LAZARUS, Harry Pierre→
nominee-director · ~89y · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2001-03-01
Resigned
PLATT, Anthony James Thomas→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-10-19 · resigned 2010-06-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-01