WINDERMERE BOATING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03056377 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-15

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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not disclosed

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

21 officers (8 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2025-10-03
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2024-07-23
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2024-02-23
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2024-02-21
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COWHERD, Thomas Richard resigned
director
2023-08-21
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accounts · AA
2022-08-03
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2021-08-13
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accounts · AA
2020-12-02
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2019-09-13
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2018-10-10
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2017-09-15
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2016-09-07
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2016-06-10
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2015-07-08
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2015-05-29
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2015-05-29
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officers · AP03
2015-01-21
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SIMON, Andrew James appointed
secretary
2015-01-21
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BROCKBANK, Alan resigned
director
2013-05-20
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SIMON, Andrew James appointed
director
2013-05-20
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WOODBURN, John appointed
director
2012-07-01
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FLEMING, James William resigned
secretary
2012-07-01
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FLEMING, James William resigned
director
2010-05-08
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TWADDLE, Bryan resigned
director
2009-01-13
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HOWSON, Brian resigned
director
2007-07-29
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DENNISON, Raymond resigned
director
2004-05-18
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WILKINSON, Nigel appointed
director
2002-10-11
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ROTHWELL, Edward resigned
director
2002-07-25
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HARDMAN, Philip Ross resigned
director
1997-04-28
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DIXON, Bruce resigned
director
1996-04-01
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SPROAT, James Alan resigned
director
1995-05-15
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Company incorporated
As WINDERMERE BOATING COMPANY LIMITED
1995-05-15
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BEWLEY, William John appointed
director
1995-05-15
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FALLOWFIELD, Ernest George appointed
director
1995-05-15
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MICKLETHWAITE, Leslie appointed
director
1995-05-15
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THOMPSON, James Roy appointed
director
1995-05-15
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FLEMING, James William appointed
secretary
1995-05-15
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-05-15
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-05-15
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BROCKBANK, Alan appointed
director
1995-05-15
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COWHERD, Thomas Richard appointed
director
1995-05-15
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DENNISON, Raymond appointed
director
1995-05-15
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DIXON, Bruce appointed
director
1995-05-15
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FLEMING, James William appointed
director
1995-05-15
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HARDMAN, Philip Ross appointed
director
1995-05-15
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HOWSON, Brian appointed
director
1995-05-15
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ROTHWELL, Edward appointed
director
1995-05-15
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SPROAT, James Alan appointed
director
1995-05-15
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TWADDLE, Bryan appointed
director
1995-05-15
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-05-15
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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WINDERMERE BOATING COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 03056377

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
Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1995-05-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Winander House

Glebe Road

Bowness On Windermere

Cumbria

LA23 3HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-29

Last: 2026-05-15