PACKCO HANDLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05825904 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-23
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees400400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-05-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2022-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-03
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-26
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    BUDDLE, Melanie Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2006-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As PACKCO HANDLING LIMITED
  18. 2006-05-23
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    BUDDLE, Melanie Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-05-23
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    BUDDLE, John Matthew appointed
    director
  20. 2006-05-23
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-05-23
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Matthew Buddle
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Melanie Buddle
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Unit 8b Middlewich Road Industrial Estate
Byley
Middlewich
Cheshire
CW10 9NT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-06
Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BUDDLE, Melanie Jane→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-23
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Active
BUDDLE, John Matthew→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-05-23
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Active
BUDDLE, Melanie Jane→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-23 · resigned 2006-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02