ESTHER COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE

🌳Matureactive
06766074 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-12-04
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-12-29
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    KING, Victoria resigned
    director
  10. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-09-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2020-09-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2020-08-18
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    PRASAD, David Mohabir appointed
    director
  17. 2020-08-18
    ➕
    KING, Victoria appointed
    director
  18. 2020-07-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-07-01
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    MCDONALD, Selene resigned
    director
  20. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2015-12-07
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    KARAMAGI, Violet appointed
    director
  23. 2015-12-07
    ➕
    WILDMAN, Levine Estelle appointed
    director
  24. 2015-12-04
    ➖
    INGLEBY, Yvonne resigned
    director
  25. 2015-12-04
    ➖
    SKYERS, Yvonne Vaughan Veronica resigned
    director
  26. 2010-09-08
    ➕
    INGLEBY, Yvonne appointed
    director
  27. 2010-09-08
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Selene appointed
    director
  28. 2010-09-08
    ➕
    SKYERS, Yvonne Vaughan Veronica appointed
    director
  29. 2009-12-01
    ➕
    ROSS, June appointed
    director
  30. 2008-12-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ESTHER COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE
  31. 2008-12-04
    ➕
    ROSS, June 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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
June Ross
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2008-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

23 Ramsey Court Church Street
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 1RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

KARAMAGI, Violet→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRASAD, David Mohabir→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, June→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, June→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILDMAN, Levine Estelle→
director · ~33y · appointed 2015-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INGLEBY, Yvonne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-09-08 · resigned 2015-12-04
Resigned
KING, Victoria→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-08-18 · resigned 2021-12-29
Resigned
MCDONALD, Selene→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-09-08 · resigned 2020-07-01
Resigned
SKYERS, Yvonne Vaughan Veronica→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-09-08 · resigned 2015-12-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15