NORWASTE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04477324 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-04
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£345.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38120SIC 38120
  • 38210SIC 38210
  • 38220SIC 38220
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 4 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £345,110
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£241k
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£345k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£463k
↑ 6.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£93k£185k£278k£371k£463kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£345.1k£296.1k
Current assets£463.3k£435.8k
Cash£240.8k£212.8k
Debtors£222.5k£223.0k
Net assets£345.1k£296.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-07-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-07-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-07-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-31
    ➕
    WADE, Adrian appointed
    director
  10. 2022-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As NORWASTE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
  17. 2002-07-04
    ➕
    NORTHEY, Tracey Jean appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-07-04
    ➕
    NORTHEY, Graham appointed
    director
  19. 2002-07-04
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-07-04
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-07-04
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2002-07-04
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adrian Wade
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/08/2022
Mr Graham Northey
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

109 North Mersey Business Centre, Woodward Road
Knowsley Industrial Park
Liverpool
L33 7UY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-18
Last: 2026-07-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

NORTHEY, Tracey Jean→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTHEY, Graham→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-07-04
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Active
WADE, Adrian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-08-31
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Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-04 · resigned 2002-07-04
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-04 · resigned 2002-07-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12