INTER CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07377026 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-15
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 7.4y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £2,465
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£8k
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 66% YoY
Current Assets
£374k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £50.9k | £105.9k |
| Current assets | £374.1k | £436.4k |
| Cash | £8.4k | £11.9k |
| Debtors | £290.3k | £385.4k |
| Net assets | £2.5k | £1.5k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-02-09🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Advantedge Commercial Finance Limited
- 2022-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15➕RICHARDSON, Nicola appointedsecretary
- 2021-04-15📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-07-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-07-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
- 2019-07-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
- 2019-03-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-03-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Anthony Augustus Easy
- 2018-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2010-09-15🏢Company incorporatedAs INTER CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED
- 2010-09-15➕EASY, Anthony Augustus appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Anthony Augustus Easy Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000
Registered office
3a Cardwell Street
Cardwell Street
Nottingham
NG7 6FW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
RICHARDSON, Nicola→
Activesecretary · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EASY, Anthony Augustus→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2010-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Advantedge Commercial Finance Advantedge Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 09/02/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | — | 23/07/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | — | 23/07/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Anthony Augustus Easy | A registered charge | 6 properties | 05/03/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (40 total)
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accounts · AA
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29