WILLOW DRIVE (PUMPING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04529714 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-09

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 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

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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	2025-09-30	2024-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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2024-05-28
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2023-06-12
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2022-05-25
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2021-07-19
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2020-06-01
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2019-04-15
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2018-05-25
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2017-07-14
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2016-05-31
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2015-10-12
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2015-06-22
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accounts · AA
2015-06-22
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officers · TM01
2014-10-01
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HEY, Malcolm Dudley resigned
director
2014-09-22
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annual-return · AR01
2012-07-01
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FARRAR, Nigel John appointed
director
2009-03-10
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LOMAS, Catherine Mary resigned
director
2005-04-07
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MCCABE, David John appointed
secretary
2005-04-07
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SHAW, Linda resigned
secretary
2005-04-07
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SHAW, Linda resigned
director
2003-09-19
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LOMAS, Catherine Mary appointed
director
2003-05-22
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MCCABE, David John appointed
director
2002-11-12
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HEY, Malcolm Dudley appointed
director
2002-11-12
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SHAW, Lisa Joanne resigned
director
2002-09-17
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SHAW, Linda appointed
secretary
2002-09-17
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2002-09-17
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SHAW, Linda appointed
director
2002-09-17
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SHAW, Lisa Joanne appointed
director
2002-09-17
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2002-09-09
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Company incorporated
As WILLOW DRIVE (PUMPING) LIMITED
2002-09-09
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2002-09-09
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-09-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Chestnut House 5 Willow Lane

Rainton

Thirsk

North Yorkshire

YO7 3QG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

MCCABE, David John→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-07

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Active

FARRAR, Nigel John→

director · ~51y · appointed 2012-07-01

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Active

MCCABE, David John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2003-05-22

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Active

SHAW, Linda→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2005-04-07

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-09 · resigned 2002-09-17

Resigned

HEY, Malcolm Dudley→

director · ~89y · appointed 2002-11-12 · resigned 2014-10-01

Resigned

LOMAS, Catherine Mary→

director · ~63y · appointed 2003-09-19 · resigned 2009-03-10

Resigned

SHAW, Linda→

director · ~73y · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2005-04-07

Resigned

SHAW, Lisa Joanne→

director · ~52y · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2002-11-12

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-09 · resigned 2002-09-17

Resigned

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