SHREDDING UK LIMITED

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05884539 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-24

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

39000SIC 39000

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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officers · AP01
2026-02-07
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PINSON, Alexander Nicholas appointed
director
2026-02-04
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officers · AP01
2026-01-28
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POVEY, Simon appointed
director
2025-12-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-08
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capital · SH01
2025-12-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-19
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accounts · AA
2024-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
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officers · CH01
2023-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-03-14
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BELL, Stephen Frank resigned
director
2006-07-24
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Company incorporated
As SHREDDING UK LIMITED
2006-07-24
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MARSDEN, Anthony Simon appointed
secretary
2006-07-24
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CLARKE, Neil Russell appointed
director
2006-07-24
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MARSDEN, Anthony Simon appointed
director
2006-07-24
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-07-24
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-07-24
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BELL, Stephen Frank appointed
director
2006-07-24
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-07-24
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Recycling Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Recycling Uk Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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SHREDDING UK LIMITED

This company · 05884539

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Recycling Uk Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	13/11/2025

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Neil Russell Clarkeceased 13/11/2025· 25-50% shares
Mr Anthony Simon Marsdenceased 13/11/2025· 25-50% shares
Mr Stephen Frank Bellceased 01/09/2017· 25-50% shares

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

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BROOKS METALS & WASTE LIMITED→ 04574378 · est 2002	—	—	—	200	23y	82	64y
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G. T. CYLEC LIMITED→ 04988603 · est 2003	—	—	£497.1k	—	22y	80	60y
GARRATT'S METALS LIMITED→ 05000884 · est 2003	—	—	£1.32M	—	22y	80	62y
INDAVER UK LIMITED→ 06126292 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	80	60y
RECYCLING LIMITED→ 05884535 · est 2006	—	—	—	—	19y	80	71y
INVASIVE WEED SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 05289420 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
NOVUM WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED→ 13342783 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-07-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

10 Portal Business Park

Eaton Lane

Tarporley

Cheshire

CW6 9DL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09