1 WAY RECYCLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06836934 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£240.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £240,881
Cash YoY
+31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£54k
↑ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£241k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£230k
↑ 61% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£48k£96k£145k£193k£241kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£416.5k£394.7k
Current assets£230.4k£143.2k
Cash£54.0k£41.4k
Debtors£176.3k£101.8k
Net assets£240.9k£191.1k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-05-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2020-04-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
  12. 2020-04-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2020-04-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  14. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-02-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-01-22
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  18. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-25
    ➕
    SALIM, Sandra appointed
    director
  20. 2016-03-11
    ➕
    SALIM, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2016-03-11
    ➖
    SALIM, Andrew Sabki resigned
    director
  22. 2016-03-11
    ➖
    SALIM, Andrew Sabki resigned
    director
  23. 2016-02-08
    ➕
    SALIM, Andrew Sabki appointed
    director
  24. 2016-02-08
    ➕
    SALIM, Andrew Sabki appointed
    director
  25. 2016-02-08
    ➖
    SALIM, Sarah Louise resigned
    director
  26. 2015-06-17
    ➕
    SALIM, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  27. 2015-06-17
    ➖
    WALKER, Cheryl Ann resigned
    director
  28. 2009-03-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1 WAY RECYCLING LIMITED
  29. 2009-03-04
    ➕
    WALKER, Cheryl Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Sarah Louise Salim
Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2009-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

48 - 52 Penny Lane
Mossley Hill
Liverpool
Merseyside
L18 1DG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SALIM, Sandra→
director · ~68y · appointed 2018-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SALIM, Sarah Louise→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-03-11
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Active
SALIM, Andrew Sabki→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-02-08 · resigned 2016-03-11
Resigned
SALIM, Andrew Sabki→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-02-08 · resigned 2016-03-11
Resigned
SALIM, Sarah Louise→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-06-17 · resigned 2016-02-08
Resigned
WALKER, Cheryl Ann→
director · ~42y · appointed 2009-03-04 · resigned 2015-06-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
A registered charge1 property27/04/2020—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—22/04/2020—
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Recent filings (56 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09