FREEDOM RECYCLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05597079 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-19
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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, 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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
62 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-302023-12-30
Average employees191900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-11-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-22
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    BOYLE, Conor Michael Austin appointed
    director
  13. 2020-12-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-30
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    BOYLE, Gail Betsy appointed
    director
  16. 2020-11-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-10-21
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    COBBOLD, Nicola Heidi resigned
    director
  18. 2019-10-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2009-05-26
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    LEE, Gary Ronald resigned
    director
  22. 2007-10-29
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    COBBOLD, Nicola Heidi appointed
    director
  23. 2005-10-19
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    Company incorporated
    As FREEDOM RECYCLING LIMITED
  24. 2005-10-19
    ➕
    COBBOLD, Pamela Jean appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-10-19
    ➕
    BOYLE, Paul Martin appointed
    director
  26. 2005-10-19
    ➕
    COBBOLD, Pamela Jean appointed
    director
  27. 2005-10-19
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    CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2005-10-19
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    CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2005-10-19
    ➕
    LEE, Gary Ronald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Paul Martin Boyle
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
75–100%
—75-100% shares02/10/2016

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
Incorporated2005-10-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Freedom Farm
Cowles Drove Hockwold
Thetford
Norfolk
IP26 4JQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

COBBOLD, Pamela Jean→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYLE, Conor Michael Austin→
director · ~27y · appointed 2020-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYLE, Gail Betsy→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOYLE, Paul Martin→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COBBOLD, Pamela Jean→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2005-10-19
Resigned
COBBOLD, Nicola Heidi→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-10-29 · resigned 2019-10-21
Resigned
LEE, Gary Ronald→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2009-05-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-01