LUDLOW SKIP HIRE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08804486 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-06
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees600600

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2022-04-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-04-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-17
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-12-17
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-12-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-11-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2013-12-06
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    Company incorporated
    As LUDLOW SKIP HIRE LTD
  19. 2013-12-06
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    GRIFFITHS, Nicola appointed
    director
  20. 2013-12-06
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    GRIFFITHS, Stephen Richard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

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Ludlow Skips Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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LUDLOW SKIP HIRE LTD
This company · 08804486

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ludlow Skips Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/03/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Nicola Griffithsceased 31/03/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Stephen Griffithsceased 31/03/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2013-12-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Transfer Station
Weeping Cross Lane
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 1JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Nicola→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Stephen Richard→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07