2 G ENVIRONMENTAL LTD

💤Zombieactive
05543936 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-08-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-12-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-05-02
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    REILLY, William Lawrence appointed
    secretary
  18. 2015-05-02
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    HULL, Gigi resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-08-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 2 G ENVIRONMENTAL LTD
  20. 2005-08-23
    ➕
    REILLY, William Lawrence appointed
    director
  21. 2005-08-23
    ➕
    HULL, Gigi appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-08-23
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-08-23
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Lawrence Reilly
Individual · British,Canadian · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Gigi Hullceased 24/03/2017· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-08-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

King Arthurs Court Maidstone Road
Charing
Ashford
Kent
TN27 0JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

REILLY, William Lawrence→
secretary · appointed 2015-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REILLY, William Lawrence→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HULL, Gigi→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-23 · resigned 2015-05-02
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-23 · resigned 2005-08-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-13