BLUE WATER FISHING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03465757 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-14
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2020-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-11-16
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2015-11-14
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    ANDREW, Terence Alec resigned
    secretary
  15. 2014-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-11-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-12-12
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    BARR, Brian Macleod resigned
    director
  18. 2000-03-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2000-03-21
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    DEAKIN, Alison Louise resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-03-21
    ➖
    DEAKIN, Alison Louise resigned
    director
  21. 2000-03-21
    ➖
    DEAKIN, Shereene Jane Darley resigned
    director
  22. 2000-02-18
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    ANDREW, Terence Alec appointed
    director
  23. 2000-02-18
    ➕
    ANDREW, Terence Alec appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-07-12
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    SIDDALL, Rhonda resigned
    director
  25. 1998-01-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 1997-11-27
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    DEAKIN, Alison Louise appointed
    director
  27. 1997-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE WATER FISHING LIMITED
  28. 1997-11-14
    ➕
    DEAKIN, Alison Louise appointed
    secretary
  29. 1997-11-14
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-11-14
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1997-11-14
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    BARR, Brian Macleod appointed
    director
  32. 1997-11-14
    ➕
    DEAKIN, Shereene Jane Darley appointed
    director
  33. 1997-11-14
    ➕
    SIDDALL, Rhonda appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

Capevale Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Capevale Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BLUE WATER FISHING LIMITED
This company · 03465757

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Capevale Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

17 Greenfield Avenue
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 1SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

ANDREW, Terence Alec→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDREW, Terence Alec→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-18 · resigned 2015-11-14
Resigned
DEAKIN, Alison Louise→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-14 · resigned 2000-03-21
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-14 · resigned 1997-11-14
Resigned
BARR, Brian Macleod→
director · ~84y · appointed 1997-11-14 · resigned 2009-12-12
Resigned
DEAKIN, Alison Louise→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-11-27 · resigned 2000-03-21
Resigned
DEAKIN, Shereene Jane Darley→
director · ~77y · appointed 1997-11-14 · resigned 2000-03-21
Resigned
SIDDALL, Rhonda→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-11-14 · resigned 1999-07-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property05/01/199825/03/2000

Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-20