COLLINS CONTAINERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07192500 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-17

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38120

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.1y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	500	700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-10
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-10
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-10-10
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officers · AP01
2023-10-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-09
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ADDY, Richard Adrian appointed
director
2023-10-09
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DENTON, Paul Roy appointed
director
2023-10-09
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MAXWELL, Christopher appointed
director
2023-10-09
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COLLINS, Karen resigned
secretary
2023-10-09
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COLLINS, Karen resigned
director
2023-10-09
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COLLINS, Michael resigned
director
2023-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-11
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-04-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2010-03-17
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Company incorporated
As COLLINS CONTAINERS LIMITED
2010-03-17
➕
COLLINS, Karen appointed
secretary
2010-03-17
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COLLINS, Karen appointed
director
2010-03-17
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COLLINS, Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Simply Waste Consultants Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Simply Waste Consultants Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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COLLINS CONTAINERS LIMITED

This company · 07192500

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
Simply Waste Consultants Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	09/10/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Karen Collinsceased 09/10/2023· 25-50% shares
Michael Collinsceased 09/10/2023· 25-50% shares

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.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-03-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38120 — SIC 38120

Registered office

Unit 19 Bradley Hall Trading Estate

Bradley Lane

Standish

Lancashire

WN6 0XQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ADDY, Richard Adrian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2023-10-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DENTON, Paul Roy→

director · ~52y · appointed 2023-10-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MAXWELL, Christopher→

director · ~52y · appointed 2023-10-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COLLINS, Karen→

secretary · appointed 2010-03-17 · resigned 2023-10-09

Resigned

COLLINS, Karen→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-17 · resigned 2023-10-09

Resigned

COLLINS, Michael→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-03-17 · resigned 2023-10-09

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	27/03/2026	—

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-09

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2026-04-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-11

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-10-10

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-10-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-10-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-10-10

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-10-10

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2023-10-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-10-10

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-10-10