BLACKWATER AGGREGATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02722867 · ltd · incorporated 1992-06-15
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
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year to Dec 2023
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
105 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2023-12-31
Average employees200

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.

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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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-23
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  5. 2023-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-11-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-04-20
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    REDWOOD, Stephen appointed
    director
  12. 2020-04-20
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    HAYMAN, Kevin Michael resigned
    director
  13. 2019-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2017-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2017-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2016-07-20
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    ROSIE, Paul George resigned
    director
  20. 2016-04-01
    ➕
    HAYMAN, Kevin Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2012-11-27
    ➖
    KEIGHLEY, John Stuart resigned
    director
  22. 2012-11-27
    ➕
    ROSIE, Paul George appointed
    director
  23. 2009-02-01
    ➕
    KEIGHLEY, John Stuart appointed
    director
  24. 2009-02-01
    ➖
    RUSSELL, Lex Hunter resigned
    director
  25. 2007-11-30
    ➖
    LEESE, Christopher Arthur resigned
    director
  26. 2007-11-30
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Lex Hunter appointed
    director
  27. 2003-03-01
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    HUTCHINS, Philip John resigned
    director
  28. 2003-03-01
    ➕
    LEESE, Christopher Arthur appointed
    director
  29. 2000-12-30
    ➕
    HUTCHINS, Philip John appointed
    director
  30. 2000-12-30
    ➖
    SAMUEL, Robert Henry, Mr resigned
    director
  31. 1999-07-20
    ➕
    SAMUEL, Robert Henry, Mr appointed
    director
  32. 1998-12-01
    ➖
    CARR, Michael David resigned
    director
  33. 1997-06-01
    ➕
    CARR, Michael David appointed
    director
  34. 1997-01-01
    ➖
    COOPER, John Brian resigned
    director
  35. 1993-06-15
    ➖
    CHATTERWAY, Dennis Alan resigned
    nominee-secretary
  36. 1992-08-25
    ➕
    LONG, Richard Ronald appointed
    secretary
  37. 1992-08-25
    ➕
    LONG, Richard Ronald appointed
    director
  38. 1992-08-25
    ➕
    COOPER, John Brian appointed
    director
  39. 1992-08-25
    ➖
    HACKWOOD SERVICE COMPANY resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 1992-06-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACKWATER AGGREGATES LIMITED
  41. 1992-06-15
    ➕
    CHATTERWAY, Dennis Alan appointed
    nominee-secretary
  42. 1992-06-15
    ➕
    HACKWOOD SERVICE COMPANY appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

Group structure

4 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Cemex Uk Operations Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Gent Fairhead Aggregates Limited
Corporate parent
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Cemex Uk Operations Limited
Corporate parent
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Gent Fairhead Aggregates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BLACKWATER AGGREGATES LIMITED
This company · 02722867

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cemex Uk Operations Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Gent Fairhead Aggregates Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Cemex Uk Operations Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Gent Fairhead Aggregates Limited
Corporate entity
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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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
Incorporated1992-06-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Court Of Noke
Pembridge
Leominster
Herefordshire
HR6 9HW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

LONG, Richard Ronald→
secretary · appointed 1992-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONG, Richard Ronald→
director · ~88y · appointed 1992-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REDWOOD, Stephen→
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHATTERWAY, Dennis Alan→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-06-15 · resigned 1993-06-15
Resigned
CARR, Michael David→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-06-01 · resigned 1998-12-01
Resigned
COOPER, John Brian→
director · ~94y · appointed 1992-08-25 · resigned 1997-01-01
Resigned
HAYMAN, Kevin Michael→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2020-04-20
Resigned
HUTCHINS, Philip John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-12-30 · resigned 2003-03-01
Resigned
KEIGHLEY, John Stuart→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-02-01 · resigned 2012-11-27
Resigned
LEESE, Christopher Arthur→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-03-01 · resigned 2007-11-30
Resigned
ROSIE, Paul George→
director · ~72y · appointed 2012-11-27 · resigned 2016-07-20
Resigned
RUSSELL, Lex Hunter→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-11-30 · resigned 2009-02-01
Resigned
SAMUEL, Robert Henry, Mr →
director · ~83y · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 2000-12-30
Resigned
HACKWOOD SERVICE COMPANY→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-06-15 · resigned 1992-08-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (105 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-15