CREST INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09405221 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-26
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-23
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-20
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    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-10
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CREST INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
  16. 2015-01-26
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    BAILEY, Barbara Ann appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-01-26
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    BAILEY, Barbara Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2015-01-26
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    SHINTON, Alan Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2015-01-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Alan Paul Shinton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/12/2016

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
Incorporated2015-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Innospec Manufacturing Park
Oil Sites Road
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 4EY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BAILEY, Barbara Ann→
secretary · appointed 2015-01-26
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BAILEY, Barbara Ann→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-01-26
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SHINTON, Alan Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-01-26
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24