CITY & SUBURBAN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08384517 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-01
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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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-11-07📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-11-06➕STENTON-FORES, Joseph appointedsecretary
- 2023-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-03-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-03-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-03-02📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-24➕MATTOCKS, Jacob George appointeddirector
- 2020-03-24➖BRYANT, Carol Ann resigneddirector
- 2020-03-24➖BRYANT, Stanley George resigneddirector
- 2020-03-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2013-02-01🏢Company incorporatedAs CITY & SUBURBAN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
- 2013-02-01➕STENTON-FORES, Joseph appointeddirector
- 2013-02-01➕BRYANT, Carol Ann appointeddirector
- 2013-02-01➕BRYANT, Stanley George appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Csws Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Csws Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CITY & SUBURBAN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 08384517
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 |
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Csws Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 19/12/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Joseph Stenton-Foresceased 19/12/2023· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110
Registered office
Unit 1 3 Wandle Way
Willow Lane Trading Estate
Mitcham
Surrey
CR4 4NB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
STENTON-FORES, Joseph→
Activesecretary · appointed 2023-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MATTOCKS, Jacob George→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2020-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STENTON-FORES, Joseph→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2013-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRYANT, Carol Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2013-02-01 · resigned 2020-03-24
BRYANT, Stanley George→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2013-02-01 · resigned 2020-03-24
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Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-03-04