WILLBEA DEMOLITION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04575725 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£417.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43110Demolition
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £417,628
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,370 YoY
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£116k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Net Worth
£418k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£165k
↓ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£86k£172k£259k£345k£431kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£439.9k£453.3k
Current assets£165.0k£178.0k
Cash£116.4k£114.9k
Net assets£417.6k£431.0k

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

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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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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-07-30
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-07-28
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  5. 2021-07-26
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  6. 2020-05-07
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  7. 2019-06-08
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  8. 2018-06-09
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  9. 2017-08-29
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  10. 2017-07-26
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2017-07-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  12. 2017-06-27
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  13. 2016-07-15
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  14. 2015-11-19
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  15. 2015-05-22
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  16. 2014-11-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2003-03-31
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    SIMMONS, Ian Vivian appointed
    director
  18. 2003-03-17
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    BRUNSTON, Andrew William resigned
    director
  19. 2002-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As WILLBEA DEMOLITION LIMITED
  20. 2002-10-29
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Suzanne Marie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-10-29
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Suzanne Marie appointed
    director
  22. 2002-10-29
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-10-29
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    BRUNSTON, Andrew William appointed
    director
  25. 2002-10-29
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2002-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Suzanne Marie Simmons
Individual · English · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence29/10/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Little Hinton Farm
Marle Green
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 9HP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SIMMONS, Suzanne Marie→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMMONS, Ian Vivian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-03-31
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Active
SIMMONS, Suzanne Marie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-29
Resigned
BRUNSTON, Andrew William→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2003-03-17
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-29
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—25/07/2017—
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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
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accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
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accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
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accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
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accounts · AA
2021-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
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accounts · AA
2020-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-16