AA TYRE RECYCLING UK LTD

🌳Matureactive
04543111 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-24
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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year to Sept 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-24
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-24
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  4. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-19
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2017-10-16
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-10-13
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    THOMAS, Melanie resigned
    secretary
  14. 2017-10-13
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    THOMAS, Melanie Joy resigned
    director
  15. 2017-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-05-19
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    THOMAS, Melanie Joy appointed
    director
  19. 2005-11-01
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    THOMAS, Daniel appointed
    director
  20. 2002-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AA TYRE RECYCLING UK LTD
  21. 2002-09-24
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    THOMAS, David Charles appointed
    director
  22. 2002-09-24
    ➕
    THOMAS, Melanie appointed
    secretary

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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
Mr David Charles Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/09/2016
Mr Daniel Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/09/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

3 Wentworth Croft
Heanor
DE75 7YX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

THOMAS, Daniel→
director · ~46y · appointed 2005-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, David Charles→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Melanie→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-24 · resigned 2017-10-13
Resigned
THOMAS, Melanie Joy→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-05-19 · resigned 2017-10-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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2025-10-07
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2025-06-10
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2024-09-24
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officers · CH01
2024-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
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accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-30