C S WASTE LIMITED

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04547660 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£585.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 37000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38110SIC 38110
  • 38210SIC 38210
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £585,850
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£44k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Net Worth
£586k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£332k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£117k£234k£352k£469k£586kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£651.9k£607.8k
Current assets£331.5k£295.3k
Cash£44.4k£45.4k
Debtors£287.1k£249.9k
Net assets£585.9k£541.8k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-17
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  13. 2016-05-16
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  14. 2016-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-10-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2002-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As C S WASTE LIMITED
  18. 2002-09-27
    ➕
    BAKER, Jennifer Rachel Caroline appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-09-27
    ➕
    BAKER, Peter William appointed
    director
  20. 2002-09-27
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-09-27
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-09-27
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-09-27
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 Peter William Baker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jennifer Rachel Caroline Baker
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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
Incorporated2002-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

Candwr Farm Candwr Road
Ponthir
Newport
NP18 1HU
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BAKER, Jennifer Rachel Caroline→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-27
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Active
BAKER, Peter William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2002-09-27
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-27 · resigned 2002-09-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/10/2002—
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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-17