3 MONKEYS RECYCLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08034817 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-18
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 2026
Net worth
£18.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38310
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
36 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,472

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£18k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£7k£11k£15k£18kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£18.5k£18.5k
Net assets£18.5k£18.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-12-19
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  3. 2024-12-16
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  4. 2023-06-20
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  5. 2022-09-03
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  6. 2021-07-05
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  7. 2021-03-12
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  8. 2019-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-16
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  10. 2018-10-25
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  11. 2018-10-25
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  12. 2018-10-25
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  13. 2017-12-23
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  14. 2016-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2012-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As 3 MONKEYS RECYCLING LIMITED
  16. 2012-04-18
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    ELTON, Adele Louise appointed
    director
  17. 2012-04-18
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    ELTON, Simon James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon James Elton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38310 — SIC 38310

Registered office

4 Sunningdale Road
Braunstone Frith
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 1UX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ELTON, Adele Louise→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-04-18
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ELTON, Simon James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2012-04-18
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Recent filings (36 total)

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2026-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2021-03-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20