1ST WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05293591 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-22
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-3.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
69 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,955
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£3k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-3.0k | £-3.0k |
| Debtors | £104 | £104 |
| Net assets | £-3.0k | £-3.0k |
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.
See pricing →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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-01-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-12📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-14➖WHITE, Peter John resignedsecretary
- 2015-08-14➖WHITE, Peter John resigneddirector
- 2005-01-20➖WILLIAMS, Janet Eileen resignedsecretary
- 2005-01-20➖HART, Sharon Ann resigneddirector
- 2005-01-19➕GROOME, Richard appointeddirector
- 2005-01-19➕MARSH, Gary appointeddirector
- 2005-01-19➕MCCLAFFERTY, Steven John appointeddirector
- 2005-01-19➕WHITE, Peter John appointedsecretary
- 2005-01-19➕WHITE, Peter John appointeddirector
- 2004-11-22🏢Company incorporatedAs 1ST WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED
- 2004-11-22➕WILLIAMS, Janet Eileen appointedsecretary
- 2004-11-22➕HART, Sharon Ann appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
1st Waste Management Consultants Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
1st Waste Management Consultants Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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1ST WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED
This company · 05293591
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Waste Management Consultants Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 01/02/2023 |
Mr Steven John Mcclafferty Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | — | — | board controlboard control | 22/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-11-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Manufactory House
Bell Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG14 1BP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
GROOME, Richard→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2005-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLAFFERTY, Steven John→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2005-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITE, Peter John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-01-19 · resigned 2015-08-14
WILLIAMS, Janet Eileen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-11-22 · resigned 2005-01-20
HART, Sharon Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2004-11-22 · resigned 2005-01-20
WHITE, Peter John→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2005-01-19 · resigned 2015-08-14
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-01-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-10
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-26