SOLWAY RECYCLING (2011) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC409656 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-19
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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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-20
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  3. 2023-09-20
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  4. 2022-09-21
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  5. 2021-09-30
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  6. 2020-11-05
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  7. 2020-05-28
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  8. 2019-09-18
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  9. 2018-10-29
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  10. 2018-10-29
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  11. 2018-09-27
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  12. 2017-10-13
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  13. 2011-11-30
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    QUINN, Martin Alexander resigned
    director
  14. 2011-11-18
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    HIDDLESTON, Roy appointed
    director
  15. 2011-11-18
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    HIDDLESTON, Sharon appointed
    director
  16. 2011-10-19
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    Company incorporated
    As SOLWAY RECYCLING (2011) LIMITED
  17. 2011-10-19
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    QUINN, Martin Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roy Hiddleston
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/01/2018
Mrs Sharon Hiddleston
Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/11/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Solway Recycling Limitedceased 01/01/2018· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2011-10-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Rigghead Shawhead
Irongray
Dumfries
DG2 9SH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HIDDLESTON, Roy→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-11-18
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Active
HIDDLESTON, Sharon→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-11-18
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Active
QUINN, Martin Alexander→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-10-19 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31