BAGNALL WASTE WATER LTD

💤Zombieactive
04971708 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-20
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 37000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£406
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£22k
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£22kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£100
Current assets£21.8k
Cash£406
Debtors£21.4k
Net assets£100
Average employees400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-12-04
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  3. 2024-01-24
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  4. 2024-01-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-01-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-07-31
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  7. 2022-07-19
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  8. 2021-12-21
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  9. 2020-11-12
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  10. 2019-09-26
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  11. 2018-08-22
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  12. 2017-10-30
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  13. 2016-10-31
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  14. 2015-12-14
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  15. 2015-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-12-08
    WALKER, Stephanie Jayne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-12-08
    WALKER, Gavin Mason appointed
    director
  18. 2003-11-25
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2003-11-25
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  20. 2003-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BAGNALL WASTE WATER LTD
  21. 2003-11-20
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-11-20
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Bagnall Environmental Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bagnall Environmental Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BAGNALL WASTE WATER LTD
This company · 04971708

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bagnall Environmental Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/12/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gavin Mason Walkerceased 19/12/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Ms Stephanie Jayne Walkerceased 19/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

Brook House Farm
Wheatlow Brooks Garshall Green
Milwich Stone
Staffordshire
ST18 0EW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WALKER, Stephanie Jayne
secretary · appointed 2003-12-08
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Active
WALKER, Gavin Mason
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-12-08
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-20 · resigned 2003-11-25
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-20 · resigned 2003-11-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-01-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-12