JSL WATER SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04484383 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-12
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 12.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 12.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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£223k£446k£669k£892k£1.1mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets—£1.26M
Current assets—£602.1k
Cash—£55.9k
Debtors—£283.8k
Net assets—£1.12M
Average employees800—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-07
    ➕
    HILL, Sarah Judith appointed
    director
  3. 2026-04-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-10-09
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2025-10-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-10-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2025-10-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-09-17
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2025-09-17
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2025-09-17
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    Charge satisfied #3
  11. 2025-09-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-12-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-02-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2019-02-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  22. 2017-02-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 2015-02-28
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    GRIFFITHS, Jane Alison resigned
    director
  24. 2013-10-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  25. 2013-08-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 2002-09-10
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Derek John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-09-10
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Derek John appointed
    director
  28. 2002-09-10
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2002-09-10
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Jane Alison appointed
    director
  30. 2002-09-10
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2002-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As JSL WATER SYSTEMS LIMITED
  32. 2002-07-12
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2002-07-12
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 64. 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 24 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.)

Group structure

Jsl Water Systems Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jsl Water Systems Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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JSL WATER SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 04484383

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
Jsl Water Systems Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting18/09/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Derek John Griffithsceased 18/09/2025· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2002-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

New Park Centre, New Street
Wem
Shropshire
SY4 5AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Derek John→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Derek John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Sarah Judith→
director · ~62y · appointed 2026-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2002-09-10
Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Jane Alison→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2015-02-28
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2002-09-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/02/201717/09/2025
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property10/10/201317/09/2025
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/08/2013—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15