COMPUTER SALVAGE SPECIALISTS (SPECIAL WASTE) LIMITED

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04274222 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-21

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£5.14M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

38220SIC 38220

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 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

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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 £5,136,236

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,761,143 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 46% YoY

Cash YoY

-46%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.9m

↓ 46% YoY

Net Worth

£5.1m

↓ 26% YoY

Current Assets

£5.6m

↓ 26% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£5.41M	£7.23M
Current assets	£5.57M	£7.56M
Cash	£1.94M	£3.55M
Debtors	£2.81M	£3.12M
Net assets	£5.14M	£6.90M

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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2023-09-28
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2022-09-16
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2021-09-21
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accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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2019-09-02
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2018-09-25
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2017-09-26
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2017-09-10
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2017-09-10
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2016-09-16
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accounts · AA
2015-08-28
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2015-04-02
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2014-09-22
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2001-08-21
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Company incorporated
As COMPUTER SALVAGE SPECIALISTS (SPECIAL WASTE) LIMITED
2001-08-21
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BRAYSHER, Andrew Grant appointed
secretary
2001-08-21
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BRAYSHER, Andrew Grant appointed
director
2001-08-21
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BRAYSHER, Vanessa May Stanley appointed
director
2001-08-21
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FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-21
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FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2001-08-21
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FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-08-21
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FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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 69 — 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 69. 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

clean

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

Group structure

Vanessco Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Vanessco Limited

Corporate parent

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COMPUTER SALVAGE SPECIALISTS (SPECIAL WASTE) LIMITED

This company · 04274222

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Vanessco Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/01/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew Grant Braysherceased 01/01/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence

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

Incorporated2001-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

5 Abex Road

Bone Lane Industrial Estate

Newbury

Berkshire

RG14 5EY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRAYSHER, Andrew Grant→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-21

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Active

BRAYSHER, Andrew Grant→

director · ~69y · appointed 2001-08-21

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Active

BRAYSHER, Vanessa May Stanley→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-08-21

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Active

FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2001-08-21

Resigned

FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2001-08-21

Resigned

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