BRIDGWATER RECYCLING LIMITED

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16659857 · ltd · incorporated 2025-08-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 39000SIC 39000
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-12-01
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-11-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  4. 2025-09-04
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-08-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRIDGWATER RECYCLING LIMITED
  6. 2025-08-19
    MCCORMACK, Andrew James appointed
    director
  7. 2025-08-19
    MCCORMACK, Edward Thomas appointed
    director
  8. 2025-08-19
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 0.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCCORMACK, Andrew James (same surname) appointed 2025-08-19. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-03: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

E T M Construction & Recycling Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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E T M Construction & Recycling Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
BRIDGWATER RECYCLING LIMITED
This company · 16659857

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
E T M Construction & Recycling Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting19/08/2025

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
Incorporated2025-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

81 Hartcliffe Way
Bristol
BS3 5RN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCORMACK, Andrew James
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-08-19
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MCCORMACK, Edward Thomas
director · ~72y · appointed 2025-08-19
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/11/2025
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Recent filings (4 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-19