CIB LELLO PLANT HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05165125 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-29

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

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.82M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

39000SIC 39000
43110Demolition
43120Site preparation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,824,842

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,264 YoY

Cash YoY

-4%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£802k

↓ 4.0% YoY

Net Worth

£1.8m

~ YoY

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Cash	£801.8k	£834.8k
Net assets	£1.82M	£1.84M

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-12
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2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-12-15
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accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts · AA
2020-03-30
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accounts · AA
2019-01-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-01-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-11-08
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accounts · AA
2018-02-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-01-30
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officers · AP01
2017-01-25
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accounts · AA
2017-01-10
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LELLO, Nicola Jane appointed
director
2016-08-08
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annual-return · AR01
2016-08-08
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officers · CH01
2004-06-29
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Company incorporated
As CIB LELLO PLANT HIRE LIMITED
2004-06-29
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LELLO, Christopher Ian Berriman appointed
secretary
2004-06-29
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LELLO, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2004-06-29
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LELLO, Christopher Ian Berriman appointed
director
2004-06-29
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-29
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-29
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2004-06-29
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LELLO" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Lello Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lello Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CIB LELLO PLANT HIRE LIMITED

This company · 05165125

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Lello Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/12/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Christopher Paul Lelloceased 01/12/2018· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2004-06-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

The Bungalow Treeve Farm

Connor Downs

Hayle

Cornwall

TR27 5DQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-23

Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

LELLO, Christopher Ian Berriman→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-29

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Active

LELLO, Christopher Paul→

director · ~55y · appointed 2004-06-29

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Active

LELLO, Christopher Ian Berriman→

director · ~86y · appointed 2004-06-29

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Active

LELLO, Nicola Jane→

director · ~61y · appointed 2017-01-10

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-29 · resigned 2004-06-29

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-29 · resigned 2004-06-29

Resigned

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