CORNHILL ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05340845 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-24
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
£18.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38120SIC 38120
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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, 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
59 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 £18,176
Cash YoY
+224%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
↑ 224% YoY
Net Worth
£18k
↑ 185% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 120% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£18.6k£6.8k
Current assets£22.0k£10.0k
Cash£19.2k£5.9k
Debtors£2.9k£4.1k
Net assets£18.2k£6.4k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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  2. 2024-08-22
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  3. 2023-09-07
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  4. 2022-10-07
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  5. 2021-11-03
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  6. 2021-08-17
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  7. 2020-11-17
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  8. 2019-12-23
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  9. 2018-10-03
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  10. 2017-12-13
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  11. 2016-12-21
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  12. 2016-02-17
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  13. 2016-02-17
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  14. 2016-02-16
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-01-01
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    LEWIS, Robert Gwilym appointed
    secretary
  16. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    LEWIS, Robert Gwilym appointed
    director
  17. 2016-01-01
    ➖
    LEWIS, Robert Dyfed resigned
    secretary
  18. 2016-01-01
    ➖
    LEWIS, Robert Dyfed resigned
    director
  19. 2005-07-19
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    LEWIS, Carwyn Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2005-07-19
    ➕
    LEWIS, Robert Dyfed appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-07-19
    ➖
    LEWIS, Robert Gwilym resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    LEWIS, Robert Gwilym appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-01-25
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-01-25
    ➕
    LEWIS, Robert Dyfed appointed
    director
  25. 2005-01-25
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CORNHILL ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD
  27. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Gwilym Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Greenways
High Street
Porthmadog
Gwynedd
LL49 9LW
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LEWIS, Robert Gwilym→
secretary · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Carwyn Ian→
director · ~51y · appointed 2005-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Robert Gwilym→
director · ~76y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Robert Dyfed→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-19 · resigned 2016-01-01
Resigned
LEWIS, Robert Gwilym→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2005-07-19
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2005-01-25
Resigned
LEWIS, Robert Dyfed→
director · ~52y · appointed 2005-01-25 · resigned 2016-01-01
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2005-01-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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2026-06-01
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2025-08-19
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2025-07-10
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2024-08-22
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2024-07-01
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2023-09-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
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accounts · AA
2022-10-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
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officers · CH01
2021-11-03
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accounts · AA
2021-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-29
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2020-11-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-28