DRAINBUSTERS LONDON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05024714 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 37000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees700100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2026-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-12-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-22
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    CHURCH, Majella Celine appointed
    director
  9. 2024-02-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2004-01-26
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    CHURCH, Richard James appointed
    director
  19. 2004-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As DRAINBUSTERS LONDON LIMITED
  20. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    CHURCH, Majella Celine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-01-23
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    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-01-23
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mrs Majella Celine Church
Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/04/2017
Mr Richard James Church
Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Carole Churchceased 01/04/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2004-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

Stevendale House
Primett Road
Stevenage
SG1 3EE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CHURCH, Majella Celine→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-23
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Active
CHURCH, Majella Celine→
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-02-22
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Active
CHURCH, Richard James→
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-01-26
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Active
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-01-23
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28