AD WASTE TRANSFER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06725951 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Feb 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2026-02-28
Average employees2

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 accounts
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-05-09
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-02-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-01-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As AD WASTE TRANSFER LIMITED
  18. 2008-10-16
    ➕
    BELL, Allan appointed
    director
  19. 2008-10-16
    ➕
    BELL, David Allan appointed
    director
  20. 2008-10-16
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    director
  21. 2008-10-16
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Allan Bell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David Allan Bell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2008-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Sterling House
3 Wavell Drive, Rosehill Industrial Estate,
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 2SA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BELL, Allan→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-10-16
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Active
BELL, David Allan→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-10-16
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Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
director · ~80y · appointed 2008-10-16 · resigned 2008-10-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-19
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16