BLUE WATERS MANAGEMENT LTD.

🌳Matureactive

03588580 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-25

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (5 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	0

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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accounts · AA
2025-03-12
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accounts · AA
2024-10-05
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HOUSTON, Denis Francis appointed
director
2024-10-05
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officers · CH01
2024-10-05
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officers · AP01
2024-10-05
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officers · TM01
2024-10-04
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EVERITT, Richard Leslie resigned
director
2024-03-06
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accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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MCCULLOCH, Michelle Sarah appointed
director
2022-11-29
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officers · AP01
2022-09-26
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COUSSINS, Steven Chester resigned
secretary
2022-09-26
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COUSSINS, Steven Chester resigned
director
2022-09-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-26
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officers · TM02
2022-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-02
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accounts · AA
2017-08-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2016-03-24
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SMITH, Stephen Paul appointed
director
2016-03-24
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LANGDALE, Andrew Richard, Dr resigned
director
2015-04-24
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ROSE, Elizabeth Carol appointed
director
2013-12-09
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FORD, Gilbert Michael resigned
director
2009-04-01
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FORD, Gilbert Michael appointed
director
2009-04-01
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FORD, Helen Amian resigned
director
2008-03-01
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EVERITT, Richard Leslie appointed
director
2008-03-01
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LANGDALE, Andrew Richard, Dr appointed
director
2008-02-29
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COTTAM, Glynis Elizabeth resigned
director
2006-07-20
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MERRIMAN, Michael John resigned
director
2003-05-16
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BARTLEY, Michael Francis Dayrell resigned
director
2003-05-16
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COTTAM, Glynis Elizabeth appointed
director
2001-07-25
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FORD, Helen Amian appointed
director
2000-11-08
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KENSETT, Craig William resigned
secretary
2000-11-08
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KENSETT, Craig William resigned
director
2000-11-07
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COTTAM, Anthony James Leslie appointed
director
2000-11-07
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COUSSINS, Steven Chester appointed
secretary
2000-11-07
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BARTLEY, Michael Francis Dayrell appointed
director
2000-11-07
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COUSSINS, Steven Chester appointed
director
2000-11-07
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KENSETT, Deborah resigned
director
2000-11-07
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MERRIMAN, Michael John appointed
director
1998-06-25
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Company incorporated
As BLUE WATERS MANAGEMENT LTD.
1998-06-25
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KENSETT, Craig William appointed
secretary
1998-06-25
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-06-25
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-06-25
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KENSETT, Craig William appointed
director
1998-06-25
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KENSETT, Deborah appointed
director

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-06-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

Flat 5 Blue Waters

Devon Road

Salcombe

Devon

TQ8 8HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-03

Last: 2026-06-19