LIFT WASTE LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC818870 · ltd · incorporated 2024-08-08
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
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-256
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £256

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£256
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-31
Total assets£1.2k
Current assets£2.0k
Net assets£-256

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-09-01
    ANDERSON, Christopher appointed
    director
  6. 2025-03-19
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2024-08-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LIFT WASTE LTD
  8. 2024-08-08
    ANDERSON, Patricia appointed
    director
  9. 2024-08-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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: 2025-03-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Patricia Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/08/2024
Mr Christopher Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
5075%
50-75% shares01/09/2025

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
Incorporated2024-08-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

4 New Road
Lesmahagow
Lanark
ML11 0EX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDERSON, Christopher
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-09-01
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Active
ANDERSON, Patricia
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-08-08
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-03-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-08-08