BLACK COUNTRY SKIP HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04782195 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-30
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£264.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £263,998

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
£264k
Current Assets
£296k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-31
Total assets£351.8k
Current assets£295.6k
Cash£3.0k
Debtors£292.6k
Net assets£264.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-11-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2024-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2020-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2014-01-22
    ➕
    CROWE, Michelle Kay appointed
    director
  20. 2003-06-02
    ➕
    CROWE, Michelle Kay appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-06-02
    ➕
    STONE, Andrew Royston David appointed
    director
  22. 2003-05-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACK COUNTRY SKIP HIRE LIMITED
  23. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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.)

Group structure

Black Country Holdings And Investments Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Black Country Holdings And Investments Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BLACK COUNTRY SKIP HIRE LIMITED
This company · 04782195

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Black Country Holdings And Investments Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares17/11/2025
Mrs Michelle Kay Crowe
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Royston David Stone
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

33 Rainbow Street
Coseley Bilston
West Midlands
WV14 8SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CROWE, Michelle Kay→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROWE, Michelle Kay→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STONE, Andrew Royston David→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16