BINN ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC482445 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.0y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (61/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
65 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 4 other
- • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-11📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2026-01-11📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2026-01-11📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2025-12-20📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-12-20📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2025-04-01➕MACGREGOR, Guy George Monce appointeddirector
- 2025-04-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-02📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-09-02📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-09-02📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-11-15📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2023-11-15📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-20📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-01-10📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-01-10📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2022-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-04-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-03-11➕SANDERSON, David Duncan appointeddirector
- 2015-04-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-07-18🏢Company incorporatedAs BINN ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
- 2014-07-18➕GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2014-07-18➕MACGREGOR, Allan appointeddirector
- 2014-07-18➕MACGREGOR, John Merchant appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
25/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACGREGOR, Guy George Monce (same surname) appointed 2025-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Binn Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Binn Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BINN ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
This company · SC482445
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Binn Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-07-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110
Registered office
5 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8EJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2014-07-18
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MACGREGOR, Allan→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2014-07-18
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MACGREGOR, Guy George Monce→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2025-04-01
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MACGREGOR, John Merchant→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2014-07-18
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SANDERSON, David Duncan→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2016-03-11
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/04/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 29/04/2015 | 10/05/2016 |
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Recent filings (65 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2026-01-11
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2026-01-11
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2026-01-11
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2026-01-11
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-12-20
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-09-02
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-09-02
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2023-11-15