CLOSE THE LOOP (EUROPE) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05556833 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-07

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38320

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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, 1 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

14 officers (2 active, 14 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-02-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-12
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-09-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-03-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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LICHTENSTEIN, Marc appointed
director
2022-09-20
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LICHTENSTEIN, Marc resigned
director
2022-09-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2019-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-17
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-10-17
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-05-01
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LICHTENSTEIN, Marc appointed
secretary
2019-05-01
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TOMLIN, Nerida resigned
secretary
2018-09-01
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LICHTENSTEIN, Marc appointed
secretary
2018-09-01
➖
LICHTENSTEIN, Marc resigned
secretary
2018-09-01
➕
LICHTENSTEIN, Marc appointed
director
2018-09-01
➖
PARRY-JONES, Robert resigned
director
2015-10-29
➖
RAYNER, Wendy Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2015-10-29
➕
TOMLIN, Nerida appointed
secretary
2015-10-29
➖
MORRISS, Stephen Michael resigned
director
2015-10-29
➕
PARRY-JONES, Robert appointed
director
2007-06-15
➖
TRAFFORD, Christopher resigned
director
2007-02-01
➕
RAYNER, Wendy Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2007-01-31
➖
COLEMAN, Andrew Alan resigned
secretary
2006-06-20
➕
COLEMAN, Andrew Alan appointed
secretary
2006-06-20
➖
MORRISS, Stephen Michael resigned
secretary
2005-12-07
➖
MORRISS, Melinda Louise resigned
director
2005-12-07
➕
TRAFFORD, Christopher appointed
director
2005-09-08
➕
MORRISS, Stephen Michael appointed
secretary
2005-09-08
➖
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-08
➕
MORRISS, Melinda Louise appointed
director
2005-09-08
➕
MORRISS, Stephen Michael appointed
director
2005-09-08
➖
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2005-09-07
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Company incorporated
As CLOSE THE LOOP (EUROPE) LIMITED
2005-09-07
➕
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-07
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Close The Loop Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Close The Loop Limited

Corporate parent

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CLOSE THE LOOP (EUROPE) LIMITED

This company · 05556833

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Close The Loop Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/09/2016

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

Incorporated2005-09-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

20-22 Wenlock Road

London

N1 7GU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (2 active · 12 resigned)

LICHTENSTEIN, Marc→

secretary · appointed 2019-05-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LICHTENSTEIN, Marc→

director · ~57y · appointed 2022-09-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COLEMAN, Andrew Alan→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-20 · resigned 2007-01-31

Resigned

LICHTENSTEIN, Marc→

secretary · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2018-09-01

Resigned

MORRISS, Stephen Michael→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2006-06-20

Resigned

RAYNER, Wendy Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2007-02-01 · resigned 2015-10-29

Resigned

TOMLIN, Nerida→

secretary · appointed 2015-10-29 · resigned 2019-05-01

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-08

Resigned

LICHTENSTEIN, Marc→

director · ~57y · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2022-09-20

Resigned

MORRISS, Melinda Louise→

director · ~61y · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2005-12-07

Resigned

MORRISS, Stephen Michael→

director · ~66y · appointed 2005-09-08 · resigned 2015-10-29

Resigned

PARRY-JONES, Robert→

director · ~64y · appointed 2015-10-29 · resigned 2018-09-01

Resigned

TRAFFORD, Christopher→

director · ~74y · appointed 2005-12-07 · resigned 2007-06-15

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-08

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (92 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-12

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-09-12

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-09-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-25

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-12

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-09-12

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2023-09-12

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2023-09-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-22

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-09-20

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-09-20