CLEAN WASTE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07428950 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-03
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees20002000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-06-03
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  3. 2023-11-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2023-11-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-11-08
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-08
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    BATES, Anthony George resigned
    director
  8. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-14
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  10. 2020-06-09
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  11. 2019-07-15
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  12. 2018-06-07
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  13. 2017-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-10-28
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    BATES, Joanne appointed
    director
  17. 2012-10-28
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    SMITH, Julie Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2012-10-28
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    BATES, Anthony George appointed
    director
  19. 2010-11-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEAN WASTE LIMITED
  20. 2010-11-03
    ➕
    G P & S LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-11-03
    ➕
    SMITH, Kevin appointed
    director
  22. 2010-11-03
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2010-11-03
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Joanne Bates
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/11/2023
Kevin Smith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Julie Ann Smith
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Anthony George Batesceased 08/08/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2010-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Lyndhurst
1 Cranmer St
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG10 1NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

G P & S LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-03
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Active
BATES, Joanne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-10-28
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Active
SMITH, Julie Ann→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-10-28
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Active
SMITH, Kevin→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATES, Anthony George→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-10-28 · resigned 2023-08-08
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-11-03 · resigned 2010-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05