EBSFORD ENVIRONMENTAL LTD

🌳Matureactive

07739206 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-12

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£637.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43120Site preparation

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 6.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 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

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £637,384

Cash YoY

+70%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£115k

↑ 70% YoY

Net Worth

£637k

↑ 126% YoY

Current Assets

£1.9m

↑ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£640.5k	£307.7k
Current assets	£1.92M	£1.49M
Cash	£114.6k	£67.6k
Debtors	£1.52M	£1.18M
Net assets	£637.4k	£281.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-05-08
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accounts · AA
2026-01-27
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officers · AP01
2026-01-21
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FISHER, Ben appointed
director
2026-01-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-11
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accounts · AA
2025-04-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-14
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address · AD01
2025-04-14
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officers · CH01
2025-04-14
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officers · CH01
2025-04-14
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2025-04-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-11
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officers · AP01
2025-04-10
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OXLEY, Nick appointed
director
2024-10-17
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2024-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
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accounts · AA
2020-06-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee
2016-09-11
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FREEMAN, Richard John appointed
director
2015-10-16
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ROLFE, Adam appointed
director
2011-11-01
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HARTLEY, Nicholas James appointed
director
2011-09-16
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PROUT, Mark appointed
director
2011-09-16
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DENNIS, Charlotte Eloise resigned
director
2011-09-16
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FREEMAN, Richard John resigned
director
2011-09-01
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DENNIS, Charlotte Eloise appointed
director
2011-08-12
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Company incorporated
As EBSFORD ENVIRONMENTAL LTD
2011-08-12
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FREEMAN, Richard John appointed
director

Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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.)

Group structure

Grim Parent Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Grim Parent Ltd

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

ultimate parent

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EBSFORD ENVIRONMENTAL LTD

This company · 07739206

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
Grim Parent Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	25/09/2024

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Richard John Freemanceased 17/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Mark Proutceased 17/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Nicholas James Hartleyceased 17/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-08-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Unit 3 Flemming Court

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 5HW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-18

Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

FISHER, Ben→

director · ~38y · appointed 2026-01-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FREEMAN, Richard John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2016-09-11

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Active

HARTLEY, Nicholas James→

director · ~51y · appointed 2011-11-01

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Active

OXLEY, Nick→

director · ~44y · appointed 2025-04-10

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Active

PROUT, Mark→

director · ~52y · appointed 2011-09-16

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Active

ROLFE, Adam→

director · ~46y · appointed 2015-10-16

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Active

DENNIS, Charlotte Eloise→

director · ~53y · appointed 2011-09-01 · resigned 2011-09-16

Resigned

FREEMAN, Richard John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-08-12 · resigned 2011-09-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Santander Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee	A registered charge	1 property	17/06/2020	—

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Recent filings (79 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-05-08

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

officers · AP01

2026-01-27

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

officers · CH01

2026-01-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-14

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

officers · CH01

2025-08-14

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

accounts · AA

2025-08-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-04-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-04-14

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

officers · CH01

2025-04-14

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

officers · CH01

2025-04-14

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

officers · CH01

2025-04-14

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

officers · CH01

2025-04-14

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

officers · CH01

2025-04-14

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

officers · AP01

2025-04-11

withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC09

2024-10-17