ORMSKIRK SKIP RECYCLING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07565740 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-16
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
38 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,682,691
Cash YoY
+95%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£148k
↑ 95% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£276k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£337k£673k£1.0m£1.3m£1.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.15M£1.84M
Current assets£275.8k£195.8k
Cash£147.5k£75.6k
Debtors£128.2k£120.2k
Net assets£1.68M£1.40M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-06
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-19
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Carl resigned
    director
  10. 2019-12-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-11-08
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-11-07
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    address · AD01
  13. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-05
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    BLUNDELL, James Lawrence resigned
    director
  16. 2017-07-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2016-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-02-16
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    BLUNDELL, James Lawrence appointed
    director
  19. 2013-11-18
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Carl appointed
    director
  20. 2011-03-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ORMSKIRK SKIP RECYCLING LIMITED
  21. 2011-03-16
    ➕
    GROVES, Mark William 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Mr Mark Groves
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Unit 9 Abbey Lane Industrial Estate
Burscough
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L40 7SR
England

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 (1 active · 2 resigned)

GROVES, Mark William→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLUNDELL, James Lawrence→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-02-16 · resigned 2017-07-05
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Carl→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-11-18 · resigned 2019-12-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31