RECYCLING INDUSTRIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04576243 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-29
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
67 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2014-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-10-09
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    CAREY, Alison resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-10-09
    ➖
    CAREY, Susan resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-09
    ➖
    CAREY, Alison resigned
    director
  19. 2006-10-09
    ➖
    CAREY, Susan resigned
    director
  20. 2003-06-05
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    CAREY, Christine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    CAREY, Christine appointed
    director
  22. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    CAREY, Trevor appointed
    director
  23. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    CAREY, Alison appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    CAREY, Susan appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-06-05
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-06-05
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    CAREY, Alison appointed
    director
  27. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    CAREY, Susan appointed
    director
  28. 2003-06-05
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As RECYCLING INDUSTRIES LIMITED
  30. 2002-10-29
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-10-29
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    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 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Raymond House, Cricket Lane
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 1LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

CAREY, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAREY, Christine→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-06-05
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Active
CAREY, Trevor→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAREY, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2006-10-09
Resigned
CAREY, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2006-10-09
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2003-06-05
Resigned
CAREY, Alison→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2006-10-09
Resigned
CAREY, Susan→
director · ~48y · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2006-10-09
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-29 · resigned 2003-06-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-15