ANCALA WATER SERVICES (ESTATES) LIMITED
📉Decliningactive
04617130 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-13
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£70.52M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 37000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 84220SIC 84220
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
37 officers (4 active, 37 linked, 31 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
163 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £2,819,000
Turnover YoY
+7%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £70.52M | £65.87M |
| Operating profit | £4.35M | £5.00M |
| Profit before tax | £2.82M | £3.53M |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (90 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-21📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2022-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-10📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2021-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-03-31➖GODFREY, David resigneddirector
- 2021-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2021-03-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-08➕HOWARTH, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2020-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-02📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-06-01➕HUSSAIN, Naveed appointeddirector
- 2020-05-31➖TREANOR, Laura resignedsecretary
- 2020-02-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-02-21➖HICKLIN, Rebecca resigneddirector
- 2019-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-04-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-04-04➕HOUGH, Ashley Patrick Roderick appointeddirector
- 2019-03-12➕TREANOR, Laura appointedsecretary
- 2019-01-17➖BACON, Daniel Imbroinisi resigneddirector
- 2018-04-19➕OWENS, David William appointeddirector
- 2018-04-19➖CLUNIE, Spence Matthew resigneddirector
- 2018-03-15➖WHITE, Angela Wendy Miriam resignedsecretary
- 2018-03-15➕BACON, Daniel Imbroinisi appointeddirector
- 2018-03-15➕CLUNIE, Spence Matthew appointeddirector
- 2018-03-15➖HAYSOM, Charles Stewart resigneddirector
- 2018-03-15➖RAISTRICK, Benjamin Paul resigneddirector
- 2018-02-22➕GODFREY, David appointeddirector
- 2018-02-22➕HICKLIN, Rebecca appointeddirector
- 2017-09-30➖CAWTHRA, Gavin Michael resigneddirector
- 2017-09-19➕RAISTRICK, Benjamin Paul appointeddirector
- 2017-09-19➖WASHER, Iain Cyril resigneddirector
- 2017-08-14➖DOHERTY, Pamela Jane resigneddirector
- 2017-08-14➕HAYSOM, Charles Stewart appointeddirector
- 2016-08-23➖MARRILL, Robert Brian resigneddirector
- 2016-04-01➖HILL, Robert Christopher resignedsecretary
- 2016-04-01➕WHITE, Angela Wendy Miriam appointedsecretary
- 2016-01-21➕WASHER, Iain Cyril appointeddirector
- 2015-08-19➕DOHERTY, Pamela Jane appointeddirector
- 2015-01-27➖HAYSOM, Charles Stewart resigneddirector
- 2013-03-03➖DIXON, Graham resigneddirector
- 2013-03-03➕HAYSOM, Charles Stewart appointeddirector
- 2012-04-30➕DIXON, Graham appointeddirector
- 2012-04-30➖WYNN, Paul David, Non-Exectuive Director resigneddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 90 events
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Ancala Water Services Bidco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Ancala Water Services Bidco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ANCALA WATER SERVICES (ESTATES) LIMITED
This company · 04617130
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ancala Water Services Bidco Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 15/03/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Kelda Water Services Limitedceased 15/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000
Registered office
Unit 1b Redbrook Business Park
Wilthorpe Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 1JN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06
Officers (4 active · 33 resigned)
HOUGH, Ashley Patrick Roderick→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2019-04-04
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HOWARTH, Michael John→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2021-03-08
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HUSSAIN, Naveed→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2020-06-01
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OWENS, David William→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2018-04-19
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DOWNES, Jane Claire→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-03-05 · resigned 2006-05-26
HILL, Robert Christopher→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-05-26 · resigned 2016-04-01
TREANOR, Laura→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-03-12 · resigned 2020-05-31
WHITE, Angela Wendy Miriam→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2018-03-15
A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-13 · resigned 2003-03-05
BACON, Daniel Imbroinisi→
Resigneddirector · ~36y · appointed 2018-03-15 · resigned 2019-01-17
BIDDER, Adam John→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2006-02-17
CAWTHRA, Gavin Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-02-17 · resigned 2017-09-30
CLUNIE, Spence Matthew→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-03-15 · resigned 2018-04-19
DIXON, Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2012-04-30 · resigned 2013-03-03
DOHERTY, Pamela Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2015-08-19 · resigned 2017-08-14
FIRLOTTE, Charles Victor→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2003-03-05 · resigned 2003-07-31
FLINT, Richard David→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-07-31 · resigned 2005-04-28
GAWITH, Elizabeth Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2003-03-05 · resigned 2005-04-07
GODFREY, David→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2018-02-22 · resigned 2021-03-31
GRAND, Daniel Frank→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2006-01-11 · resigned 2006-01-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Secretary of State for Defence (The Authority) | Deed of assignment | 1 property | 17/04/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (163 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-28
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2021-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-03-17