LAND AND WATER GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04437231 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-13

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (10 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

94 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	2900	2700

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

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

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GREENAWAY, Simon appointed
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GASCOYNE, Adrian Barrie appointed
director
2022-09-01
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KIRKLAND, Kevin James appointed
director
2022-09-01
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MELHUISH, Thomas Edward appointed
director
2022-09-01
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GUSH, William James resigned
director
2022-09-01
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WARREN, Neil Griffin resigned
director
2022-01-01
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BISHOP, Kim appointed
secretary
2021-09-30
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BROWNING, Roger resigned
secretary
2020-12-31
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BLIGH, David Jonathan resigned
director
2019-12-09
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PUTTOCK, Lynn appointed
director
2019-04-01
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MACLEAN, Richard Charles appointed
director
2019-04-01
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WARNER, Giselle appointed
director
2019-04-01
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BLIGH, David Jonathan appointed
director
2019-04-01
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GUSH, William James appointed
director
2019-04-01
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WARREN, Neil Griffin appointed
director
2018-07-21
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-11-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-08-04
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MACLEAN, James Alexander appointed
director
2014-08-04
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MELHUISH, Richard Edward Fitzharding appointed
director
2014-08-04
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers resigned
director
2014-07-29
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BROWNING, Roger appointed
secretary
2014-07-29
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PUTTOCK, Lynn resigned
secretary
2004-11-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-05-13
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Company incorporated
As LAND AND WATER GROUP LIMITED
2002-05-13
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PUTTOCK, Lynn appointed
secretary
2002-05-13
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
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2002-05-13
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2002-05-13
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers appointed
director
2002-05-13
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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2002-05-13
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MELHUISH, Thomas Edward (same surname) appointed 2022-09-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

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

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M.H.J Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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LAND AND WATER GROUP LIMITED

This company · 04437231

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
M.H.J Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	13/05/2017
Mr Richard Edward Fitzharding Melhuish Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	13/05/2017
Mr James Alexander Maclean Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	13/05/2017

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

Incorporated2002-05-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Numeric House

98 Station Road

Sidcup

Kent

DA15 7BY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-27

Last: 2026-05-13