LAND & WATER REMEDIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04561112 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-11

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 21.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 83/100 (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 21.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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	400	400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-10-09
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officers · CH01
2025-10-08
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officers · CH03
2025-10-08
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officers · CH01
2025-10-08
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officers · CH01
2025-10-08
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officers · CH01
2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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accounts · AA
2022-07-22
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capital · SH01
2022-07-16
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officers · AP01
2022-07-01
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MELHUISH, Thomas Edward appointed
director
2022-06-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-01-10
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officers · AP03
2022-01-01
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BISHOP, Kim appointed
secretary
2021-10-19
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officers · TM02
2021-09-30
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BROWNING, Roger resigned
secretary
2021-09-24
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accounts · AA
2021-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-10-10
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accounts · AA
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
2017-10-30
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BROWNING, Roger appointed
secretary
2017-09-30
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers resigned
secretary
2017-09-30
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers resigned
director
2006-09-01
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BAMFORD, Simon John resigned
director
2004-09-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-10-25
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GASCOYNE, Adrian Barrie appointed
director
2002-10-25
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MACLEAN, James Alexander appointed
director
2002-10-25
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MELHUISH, Richard Edward Fitzharding appointed
director
2002-10-25
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers appointed
secretary
2002-10-25
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-25
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BAMFORD, Simon John appointed
director
2002-10-25
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MELHUISH, Jeremy Piers appointed
director
2002-10-25
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-10-11
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Company incorporated
As LAND & WATER REMEDIATION LIMITED
2002-10-11
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@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-11
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@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MELHUISH, Thomas Edward (same surname) appointed 2022-07-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

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 & WATER REMEDIATION LIMITED

This company · 04561112

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	11/10/2016
Mr Richard Edward Fitzharding Melhuish Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	11/10/2016
Mr James Alexander Maclean Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	11/10/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-10-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

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: 2026-10-25

Last: 2025-10-11