CBW TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -78% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £28.4k | £33.5k |
| Current assets | £105.3k | £100.5k |
| Cash | £756 | £3.4k |
| Debtors | £9.0k | £9.0k |
| Net assets | £-3.0k | £1 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-14📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-04-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-12-10📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-15📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2024-10-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-05-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-29✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2019-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-02-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2013-02-11🏢Company incorporatedAs CBW TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD
- 2013-02-11➕STRANG, Andrew Allan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanGroup structure
Circlebox Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Circlebox Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 17/01/2019 |
Mr Andrew Allan Strang Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | — | — | board controlboard control | 18/01/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Allan Strangceased 17/01/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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