CRYSTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive

05972400 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-19

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

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. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

52 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	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	500	600

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2008-08-22
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LINES, Terence Arthur resigned
secretary
2008-08-22
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LINES, Terence Arthur resigned
director
2008-08-22
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THORPE, Peter Alvey resigned
director
2006-10-19
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Company incorporated
As CRYSTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD
2006-10-19
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DRAYCOTT, Darren appointed
director
2006-10-19
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GAUNT, Jason Leslie appointed
director
2006-10-19
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LINES, Terence Arthur appointed
secretary
2006-10-19
➕
LINES, Terence Arthur appointed
director
2006-10-19
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THORPE, Peter Alvey appointed
director

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Darren Draycott Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Jason Leslie Gaunt Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-10-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Unit 4 Stanton Court Merlin Way

Quarry Hill Industrial Estate

Ilkeston

Derbyshire

DE7 4RA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-02

Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DRAYCOTT, Darren→

director · ~54y · appointed 2006-10-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GAUNT, Jason Leslie→

director · ~59y · appointed 2006-10-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LINES, Terence Arthur→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-19 · resigned 2008-08-22

Resigned

LINES, Terence Arthur→

director · ~81y · appointed 2006-10-19 · resigned 2008-08-22

Resigned

THORPE, Peter Alvey→

director · ~70y · appointed 2006-10-19 · resigned 2008-08-22

Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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officers · CH01

2026-06-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-22

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-10-22

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-10-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-09

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2020-10-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2020-10-21