CJS ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05866852 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-05

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 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 38110

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

38120SIC 38120

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 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

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	5	500

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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capital · SH03
2026-02-25
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capital · SH03
2025-11-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-19
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-30
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capital · SH06
2025-05-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
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officers · TM01
2023-11-18
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CHURCHILL, Keith resigned
director
2023-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
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BREEN, Hayley Gaynor appointed
director
2023-07-20
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officers · AP01
2022-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-21
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officers · CH01
2011-12-31
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PUGSLEY, David Charles resigned
director
2010-03-08
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CHURCHILL, Keith appointed
director
2010-03-08
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THOROGOOD, Carole resigned
director
2007-10-31
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SMITH, Michael resigned
secretary
2007-02-01
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GRAY, Terri Christina appointed
secretary
2007-02-01
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BAKER, David appointed
director
2007-02-01
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GRAY, David Roy appointed
director
2007-02-01
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GRAY, Terri Christina appointed
director
2007-02-01
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PUGSLEY, David Charles appointed
director
2006-10-31
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CHURCHILL, Keith Robert resigned
director
2006-10-31
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SMITH, Michael resigned
director
2006-10-31
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THOROGOOD, Carole appointed
director
2006-07-05
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Company incorporated
As CJS ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
2006-07-05
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GRAEME, Paul Gordon appointed
secretary
2006-07-05
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GRAEME, Paul Gordon resigned
secretary
2006-07-05
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SMITH, Michael appointed
secretary
2006-07-05
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CHURCHILL, Keith Robert appointed
director
2006-07-05
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
director
2006-07-05
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
director
2006-07-05
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SMITH, Michael 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Terri Christina Gray Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016
Mr David Baker Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016
Mr David Roy Gray Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Keith Churchillceased 26/02/2025· board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-07-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Aspen House

Airport Service Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 5RA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-07

Last: 2026-06-23