A4 METAL RECYCLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05994270 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-09

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38110

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

38120SIC 38120
38320SIC 38320

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	22	2100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-20
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officers · CH01
2025-07-09
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officers · CH01
2024-12-12
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officers · AP01
2024-12-06
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TOMPKINS, Dean appointed
director
2024-12-06
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TOMPKINS, Kayley Louise appointed
director
2024-12-06
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TOMPKINS, Kirsty Ann appointed
director
2024-12-06
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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-02-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-10
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officers · CH01
2021-04-23
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accounts · AA
2021-03-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-08
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officers · CH01
2021-03-08
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2020-02-17
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accounts · AA
2009-03-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2006-11-09
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Company incorporated
As A4 METAL RECYCLING LIMITED
2006-11-09
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TOMPKINS, Nicola Louise appointed
secretary
2006-11-09
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TOMPKINS, Nicola Louise appointed
director
2006-11-09
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TOMPKINS, Paul Geoffrey appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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
Mr Paul Geoffrey Tompkins Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Nicola Louise Tompkins Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	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

Incorporated2006-11-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Worthy House

14 Winchester Road

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG21 8UQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06