EDA SALVAGE LTD

💤Zombieactive

07271490 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-02

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£34.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38310

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £34,321

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£34k

↑ 83% YoY

Current Assets

£254k

↑ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£220.1k	£196.8k
Current assets	£253.9k	£230.2k
Net assets	£34.3k	£18.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-22
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accounts · AA
2024-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-03
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officers · TM01
2020-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-11
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accounts · AAMD
2019-04-24
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MALYAR, Mohammad Yousuf resigned
director
2019-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-06-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-03-31
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accounts · AA
2010-06-02
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Company incorporated
As EDA SALVAGE LTD
2010-06-02
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SHAH, Mahboob appointed
director
2010-06-02
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MALYAR, Mohammad Yousuf appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mahboob Shah Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	12/06/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Mohammad Yousuf Malyarceased 24/04/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2010-06-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38310 — SIC 38310

Registered office

Kensworth Industrial Estate

Isle Of Wight Lane

Kensworth

Bedfordshire

LU6 2PP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-13

Last: 2026-05-30

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SHAH, Mahboob→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-06-02

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Active

MALYAR, Mohammad Yousuf→

director · ~59y · appointed 2010-06-02 · resigned 2019-04-24

Resigned

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