AHERN WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04189141 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-28

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£2	£2
Debtors	£2	£2
Net assets	£2	£2

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-05
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2023-05-30
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2022-07-04
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2021-07-29
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2020-08-18
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2019-07-10
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2018-07-17
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2017-07-19
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2008-03-06
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SCOTT, Peter Ryan appointed
director
2003-10-15
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SCOTT, Lilian Beatrice appointed
secretary
2003-10-15
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AHERN, Patrick Brian appointed
director
2003-10-15
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SCOTT, Lilian Beatrice appointed
director
2003-10-15
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KER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-10-15
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KER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2001-03-28
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Company incorporated
As AHERN WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
2001-03-28
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KER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-28
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KER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AHERN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

P F Ahern & Sons Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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P F Ahern & Sons Limited

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

ultimate parent

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AHERN WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 04189141

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
P F Ahern & Sons Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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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🔒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

Incorporated2001-03-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

17 Bourne Court Southend Road

Woodford Green

Essex

IG8 8HD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT, Lilian Beatrice→

secretary · appointed 2003-10-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

AHERN, Patrick Brian→

director · ~79y · appointed 2003-10-15

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Active

SCOTT, Lilian Beatrice→

director · ~78y · appointed 2003-10-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SCOTT, Peter Ryan→

director · ~48y · appointed 2008-03-06

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Active

KER SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2003-10-15

Resigned

KER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-28 · resigned 2003-10-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

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officers · CH01

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officers · CH01

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officers · CH01

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address · AD01

2026-06-04

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accounts · AA

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2025-03-27

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accounts · AA

2024-05-30

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2024-03-05

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accounts · AA

2023-05-30

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2023-03-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-07-04

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-03