EMS WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
📈Growthactive
06777757 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£26.06M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 38210SIC 38210
Investor take
PursueConservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 17.4y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £4,068,938
Turnover YoY
+9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26.06M | £23.83M |
| Gross profit | £8.24M | £7.68M |
| Operating profit | £4.07M | £3.38M |
| Profit before tax | £4.07M | £3.38M |
| Average employees | 10900 | 10700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08➕STUART, Lydia May appointeddirector
- 2026-04-08➕STUART, Thomas James appointeddirector
- 2026-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-03-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-03-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2021-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-04➖STUART, Troy resignedsecretary
- 2020-12-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-11-10➕STUART, Jack Kane appointeddirector
- 2020-11-10➕STUART, Ryan appointeddirector
- 2020-11-10➖STUART, Ross resigneddirector
- 2020-11-10➖STUART, Roy Anthony Raymond resigneddirector
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2012-09-24🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2010-01-04➕STUART, Troy appointedsecretary
- 2009-08-07➕STUART, Troy appointeddirector
- 2009-08-07➖WENTVILLE LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-08-07➖EVANS, Christopher Emrys resigneddirector
- 2009-08-07➕STUART, Ross appointeddirector
- 2009-08-07➕STUART, Roy Anthony Raymond appointeddirector
- 2009-07-29🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2009-07-29🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2009-03-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Cattles Invoice Finance (Oxford) Limited
- 2009-01-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: State Securities PLC
- 2008-12-21🏢Company incorporatedAs EMS WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
- 2008-12-21➕WENTVILLE LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-12-21➕EVANS, Christopher Emrys appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
A E Stuart Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
A E Stuart Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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EMS WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 06777757
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A E Stuart Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/03/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- A E Stuart No2 Limitedceased 31/03/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| CURRENT ENERGIES LTD→ 16657133 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DDTR LIMITED→ 14671043 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| DERRIL RENEWABLES LIMITED→ 15871655 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| DOVES MOOR ENERGY PARK LIMITED→ 16441410 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EASTRIDGE ENERGY LIMITED→ 07888622 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| EDDIE POLLIT GRAB HIRE LTD→ 09473329 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| EEB31 LIMITED→ 11780715 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ELECTRICITY STORAGE NETWORK LIMITED→ 07678244 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ENERGY COOPERATIVE LIMITED→ 15285992 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ETHICAL SHELF LIMITED→ 14598093 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| EVELEY SOLAR FARM LIMITED→ 08409244 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| EXE WASTE REMOVAL LTD→ 16504259 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110
Registered office
A E STUART & SONS
Hill Barton Business Park Clyst St Mary
Exeter
Devon
EX5 1DR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21
Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)
STUART, Jack Kane→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2020-11-10
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STUART, Lydia May→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2026-04-08
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STUART, Ryan→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2020-11-10
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STUART, Thomas James→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2026-04-08
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STUART, Troy→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2009-08-07
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STUART, Troy→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-01-04 · resigned 2020-12-04
WENTVILLE LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-12-21 · resigned 2009-08-07
EVANS, Christopher Emrys→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2008-12-21 · resigned 2009-08-07
STUART, Ross→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2009-08-07 · resigned 2020-11-10
STUART, Roy Anthony Raymond→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2009-08-07 · resigned 2020-11-10
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 24/09/2012 | — | |
| satisfied | Cattles Invoice Finance (Oxford) Cattles Invoice Finance (Oxford) Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 16/03/2009 | 29/07/2009 | |
| satisfied | State Securities State Securities PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 30/01/2009 | 29/07/2009 |
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Recent filings (67 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-03-08