INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC243122 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-30
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£822.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38120SIC 38120
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £822,561
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£823k
↑ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£314k£628k£942k£1.3m£1.6mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£849.7k£614.7k
Current assets£1.57M£1.39M
Cash£1.12M£1.00M
Debtors£453.1k£381.2k
Net assets£822.6k£553.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-03-03
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2023-03-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    NELSON, Carole Anne appointed
    director
  15. 2003-02-17
    ➕
    LYNCH, Paul appointed
    director
  16. 2003-01-31
    ➖
    NELSON, Carole Anne resigned
    director
  17. 2003-01-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD.
  18. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    NELSON, Carole Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    NELSON, Alisdair David appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-01-30
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    NELSON, Carole Anne appointed
    director
  23. 2003-01-30
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-01-30
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alisdair David Nelson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Paul Lynch
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Lilybank, 9 Cottage Crescent
Camelon
Falkirk
Stirlingshire
FK1 4AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

NELSON, Carole Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-30
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Active
LYNCH, Paul→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-02-17
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Active
NELSON, Alisdair David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-01-30
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Active
NELSON, Carole Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-04-01
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-30 · resigned 2003-01-30
Resigned
NELSON, Carole Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-01-30 · resigned 2003-01-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-30 · resigned 2003-01-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-14