B J WATSON (FUNERALS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03909756 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-19
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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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
62 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£200£400£600£800£1kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets—£1.0k
Debtors—£1.0k
Net assets—£1.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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  3. 2024-04-15
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  4. 2023-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-03-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2000-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As B J WATSON (FUNERALS) LIMITED
  17. 2000-01-19
    ➕
    LIVESEY, Michael Anthony appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-01-19
    ➕
    LIVESEY, Christopher John Edge appointed
    director
  19. 2000-01-19
    ➕
    LIVESEY, Michael Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2000-01-19
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-01-19
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-01-19
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-01-19
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

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

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B Livesey Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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B J WATSON (FUNERALS) LIMITED
This company · 03909756

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
B Livesey Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

85 Todd Lane North
Lostock Hall
Preston
Lancashire
PR5 5UR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LIVESEY, Michael Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LIVESEY, Christopher John Edge→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LIVESEY, Michael Anthony→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-01-19 · resigned 2000-01-19
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-01-19 · resigned 2000-01-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09