CENTRAL RECYCLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC172120 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-06

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£3.88M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 26.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,877,609

Net assets shrinking

Down £267,344 YoY

Cash YoY

-22%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£971k

↓ 22% YoY

Net Worth

£3.9m

↓ 6.4% YoY

Current Assets

£3.3m

↓ 5.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£3.95M	£4.35M
Current assets	£3.33M	£3.54M
Cash	£971.4k	£1.25M
Debtors	£2.36M	£2.28M
Net assets	£3.88M	£4.14M

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2025-01-29
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accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts · AA
2023-01-26
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accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts · AA
2020-12-24
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accounts · AA
2020-01-27
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accounts · AA
2019-01-30
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accounts · AA
2018-01-26
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accounts · AA
2017-02-08
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accounts · AA
2016-03-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-22
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accounts · AA
2014-02-14
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annual-return · AR01
2013-02-06
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ROWLAND, Yvonne appointed
secretary
2013-02-06
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BURROWES, Rita resigned
secretary
2003-02-14
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BURROWES, Rita appointed
secretary
2003-02-14
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SHIRLEY, Peter resigned
secretary
2002-09-01
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PEAT, Colin Alistair appointed
director
1999-12-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1997-02-06
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Company incorporated
As CENTRAL RECYCLING LIMITED
1997-02-06
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CRAIG, Ross John appointed
director
1997-02-06
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-02-06
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-02-06
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SHIRLEY, Peter appointed
secretary
1997-02-06
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1997-02-06
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

Central Group Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Central Group Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CENTRAL RECYCLING LIMITED

This company · SC172120

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
Central Group Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated1997-02-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Central House

Chattan Industrial Estate

Bonnyside Road Bonnybridge

FK4 2AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-20

Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ROWLAND, Yvonne→

secretary · appointed 2013-02-06

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Active

CRAIG, Ross John→

director · ~59y · appointed 1997-02-06

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Active

PEAT, Colin Alistair→

director · ~60y · appointed 2002-09-01

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Active

BURROWES, Rita→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-14 · resigned 2013-02-06

Resigned

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-06 · resigned 1997-02-06

Resigned

SHIRLEY, Peter→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-06 · resigned 2003-02-14

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-02-06 · resigned 1997-02-06

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	15/12/1999	—

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