GEORGE PARISH & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04431386 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-03
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 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
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees900900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-31
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  7. 2021-03-31
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  8. 2020-12-23
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  9. 2020-12-23
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  10. 2020-12-23
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  11. 2020-12-23
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  12. 2020-12-15
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  13. 2020-12-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2020-11-23
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  15. 2020-11-23
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  16. 2020-11-20
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  17. 2020-11-20
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  18. 2020-11-13
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2020-11-13
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2013-05-01
    ➕
    PARISH, Deane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-04-30
    ➖
    PARISH, Ann resigned
    secretary
  22. 2013-04-30
    ➖
    PARISH, Ann resigned
    director
  23. 2008-04-14
    ➖
    PARISH, George resigned
    director
  24. 2004-09-01
    ➕
    PARISH, Deane appointed
    director
  25. 2004-09-01
    ➕
    PARISH, Wayne appointed
    director
  26. 2002-05-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GEORGE PARISH & SONS LIMITED
  27. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    PARISH, Ann appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    PARISH, Ann appointed
    director
  31. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    PARISH, George appointed
    director
  32. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  33. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PARISH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Wayne Parish
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/05/2017
Mr Deane Parish
Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/05/2017

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

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6 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
Incorporated2002-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

Parish House
Guide Street
Salford
M50 1BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-17
Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

PARISH, Deane→
secretary · appointed 2013-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARISH, Deane→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARISH, Wayne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARISH, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2013-04-30
Resigned
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
PARISH, Ann→
director · ~85y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2013-04-30
Resigned
PARISH, George→
director · ~83y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2008-04-14
Resigned
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2021-03-31
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2021-03-31
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2020-12-23
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2020-12-23