FENNY COMPTON WATER COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive
00003284 · ltd · incorporated 1866-10-13
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.
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
22 officers (2 active, 22 linked, 16 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
127 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-06-11
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  3. 2023-06-15
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  4. 2023-06-02
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  5. 2023-05-18
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    PEERS, Brian John resigned
    director
  6. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-15
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  8. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2019-08-14
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  10. 2019-05-17
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-07-03
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  12. 2018-02-07
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  13. 2017-10-01
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    SMITH, Stephen Philip resigned
    director
  14. 2017-09-29
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  15. 2017-02-28
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  16. 2017-02-25
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    LECK, Nigel Sven resigned
    director
  17. 2017-02-14
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  18. 2017-02-14
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  19. 2017-01-28
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    BIRKBECK, Hilary Rolf appointed
    director
  20. 2017-01-28
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    WHEAR, Frank Roland, Dr. appointed
    director
  21. 2017-01-28
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    PEERS, Brian John appointed
    director
  22. 2014-06-09
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    RANKIN, Jill resigned
    secretary
  23. 2013-07-31
    ➖
    GRANT, Paul Anthony resigned
    director
  24. 2013-07-31
    ➖
    HILLMAN, Anthony John resigned
    director
  25. 2013-07-31
    ➖
    WALKER, John David resigned
    director
  26. 2013-07-03
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    LECK, Nigel Sven appointed
    director
  27. 2013-07-03
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    RANKIN, Alan Philip resigned
    director
  28. 2013-06-30
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    FREEMAN, Peter James resigned
    director
  29. 2007-08-16
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    COLEMAN, Linda resigned
    secretary
  30. 2007-08-16
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    RANKIN, Jill appointed
    secretary
  31. 2005-05-01
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    KNIGHT, Basil resigned
    director
  32. 2005-05-01
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    RANKIN, Alan Philip appointed
    director
  33. 2003-05-01
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    COLEMAN, Linda appointed
    secretary
  34. 2003-05-01
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    POPE, Lois Caroline resigned
    secretary
  35. 1996-06-06
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    GRANT, Anthony Joseph resigned
    director
  36. 1995-08-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Stephen Philip appointed
    director
  37. 1995-06-07
    ➖
    GARDNER, Joanne Mary resigned
    secretary
  38. 1995-06-07
    ➕
    POPE, Lois Caroline appointed
    secretary
  39. 1994-08-01
    ➕
    GARDNER, Joanne Mary appointed
    secretary
  40. 1994-08-01
    ➖
    GILLESPIE, Janet resigned
    secretary
  41. 1993-12-27
    ➖
    WATTS, Peter Trevor resigned
    director
  42. 1993-04-30
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    HUGHES, John Reginald resigned
    director
  43. 1993-02-01
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    GILLESPIE, Janet appointed
    secretary
  44. 1993-01-31
    ➖
    CRANFIELD, Jennifer Lee resigned
    secretary
  45. 1992-06-21
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    BLOXHAM, Arthur Dennis resigned
    director
  46. 1992-04-08
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    WATTS, Peter Trevor appointed
    director
  47. 1991-07-20
    ➖
    WHITE, Timothy resigned
    director
  48. 1866-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As FENNY COMPTON WATER COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 160 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1866-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

16 Field Gate Lane
Fenny Compton
Southam
CV47 2WB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (2 active · 20 resigned)

BIRKBECK, Hilary Rolf→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEAR, Frank Roland, Dr.→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLEMAN, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2007-08-16
Resigned
CRANFIELD, Jennifer Lee→
secretary · resigned 1993-01-31
Resigned
GARDNER, Joanne Mary→
secretary · appointed 1994-08-01 · resigned 1995-06-07
Resigned
GILLESPIE, Janet→
secretary · appointed 1993-02-01 · resigned 1994-08-01
Resigned
POPE, Lois Caroline→
secretary · appointed 1995-06-07 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned
RANKIN, Jill→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-16 · resigned 2014-06-09
Resigned
BLOXHAM, Arthur Dennis→
director · ~119y · resigned 1992-06-21
Resigned
FREEMAN, Peter James→
director · ~81y · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned
GRANT, Anthony Joseph→
director · ~101y · resigned 1996-06-06
Resigned
GRANT, Paul Anthony→
director · ~63y · resigned 2013-07-31
Resigned
HILLMAN, Anthony John→
director · ~83y · resigned 2013-07-31
Resigned
HUGHES, John Reginald→
director · ~126y · resigned 1993-04-30
Resigned
KNIGHT, Basil→
director · ~91y · resigned 2005-05-01
Resigned
LECK, Nigel Sven→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-07-03 · resigned 2017-02-25
Resigned
PEERS, Brian John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-01-28 · resigned 2023-05-18
Resigned
RANKIN, Alan Philip→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-05-01 · resigned 2013-07-03
Resigned
SMITH, Stephen Philip→
director · ~74y · appointed 1995-08-01 · resigned 2017-10-01
Resigned
WALKER, John David→
director · ~84y · resigned 2013-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (127 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
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accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
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2020-09-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-20
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accounts · AA
2019-08-14