GREEN BIO FUELS (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08005359 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-26
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). 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: 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Average employees200200

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
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-08
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-19
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-03-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-03-10
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Richard Thomas resigned
    director
  8. 2024-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-12-31
    ➖
    THEAKSTON, Thomas Frank resigned
    director
  17. 2014-11-20
    ➕
    THEAKSTON, Thomas Frank appointed
    director
  18. 2012-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GREEN BIO FUELS (UK) LIMITED
  19. 2012-03-26
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Michael Owen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2012-03-26
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Michael Owen appointed
    director
  21. 2012-03-26
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Richard Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Owen Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Richard Thomas Simpsonceased 07/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Thomas Frank Theakstonceased 07/04/2026· 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Energy & utilities · YO postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
CROSSLEY TYRES LIMITED→
06839856 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
————17y——
DMH ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD→
15205900 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
DRAX BESS MARFLEET LIMITED→
12967525 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
DRAX ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
05893966 · est 2006 · no financials extracted
————19y——
ETTRICKHALL LIMITED→
07284432 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————15y——
FELLSMERE LTD→
16086387 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
FUTURE DRAINAGE & GROUNDWORKS LIMITED→
15196433 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
GH CABLE JOINTING LTD→
16484993 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
GPC 680 LTD→
14574720 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————3y——
GREYSTONE CAPITAL LIMITED→
15967616 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
GWILLIAM RECYCLING LIMITED→
14718479 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————3y——
H & M RECYCLING LTD→
12988894 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Mole End Main Street
Wressle
Selby
North Yorkshire
YO8 6ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SIMPSON, Michael Owen→
secretary · appointed 2012-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPSON, Michael Owen→
director · ~79y · appointed 2012-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPSON, Richard Thomas→
director · ~39y · appointed 2012-03-26 · resigned 2025-03-10
Resigned
THEAKSTON, Thomas Frank→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-11-20 · resigned 2016-12-31
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (40 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-11