FAIRWAY CLEARANCE AND HARBOUR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05746416 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-17
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
61 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£21k£41k£62k£83k£103kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£41.1k
Current assets—£103.3k
Net assets—£39.9k
Average employees0—

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-04-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-04-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-04-01
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    CARROLL, Steven David appointed
    director
  18. 2013-05-02
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    MOLE, Stephen Robert resigned
    director
  19. 2011-12-01
    ➖
    CARROLL, Steven David resigned
    director
  20. 2010-10-25
    ➕
    ELLARBY, Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2010-10-25
    ➕
    CARROLL, Steven David appointed
    director
  22. 2010-10-25
    ➕
    MOLE, Stephen Robert appointed
    director
  23. 2006-04-24
    ➕
    BUTLER, Stephen Robert appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-04-05
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    BUTLER, David James appointed
    director
  25. 2006-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As FAIRWAY CLEARANCE AND HARBOUR SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2006-03-17
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-03-17
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-03-17
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2006-03-17
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Ellarby
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2017
Mr Steven David Carroll
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2017
Mr David James Butler
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2006-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

7 Bolton Road
Ashton-In-Makerfield
Wigan
WN4 8AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BUTLER, Stephen Robert→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, David James→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-04-05
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Active
CARROLL, Steven David→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLARBY, Ian→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2006-03-17
Resigned
CARROLL, Steven David→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-10-25 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
MOLE, Stephen Robert→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-10-25 · resigned 2013-05-02
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2006-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-17