A. D. VEALE WATER TREATMENT LIMITED

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04626421 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-31
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£438.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £438,185
Net assets shrinking
Down £103,790 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£313k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£438k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£448k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£121k£242k£363k£484k£605kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£453.0k£555.1k
Current assets£448.5k£605.4k
Cash£313.3k£527.2k
Debtors£73.4k£47.9k
Net assets£438.2k£542.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 3 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-18
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  3. 2026-02-18
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  4. 2025-09-16
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  5. 2024-09-13
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  6. 2023-08-17
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  7. 2022-09-23
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  8. 2021-09-23
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  9. 2020-10-23
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  10. 2019-09-24
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  11. 2018-09-28
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  12. 2017-05-23
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  13. 2017-03-27
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-04-01
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    STEVENS, Suzanne Tina appointed
    secretary
  17. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    STEVENS, Suzanne Tina appointed
    director
  18. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    VEALE, Sandra Joyce resigned
    secretary
  19. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    VEALE, Anthony David resigned
    director
  20. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    VEALE, Sandra Joyce resigned
    director
  21. 2007-03-01
    ➕
    STEVENS, Clive appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-01
    ➖
    SLAUGHTER, David Thomas resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-01-01
    ➕
    VEALE, Sandra Joyce appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-12-31
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    Company incorporated
    As A. D. VEALE WATER TREATMENT LIMITED
  25. 2002-12-31
    ➕
    SLAUGHTER, David Thomas appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-12-31
    ➕
    VEALE, Anthony David appointed
    director
  27. 2002-12-31
    ➕
    VEALE, Sandra Joyce appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clive Stevens
Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2016
Mrs Suzanne Stevens
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

The Gables Eye Road
Brome
Eye
Suffolk
IP23 8AL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

STEVENS, Suzanne Tina→
secretary · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEVENS, Clive→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEVENS, Suzanne Tina→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SLAUGHTER, David Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-31 · resigned 2003-01-01
Resigned
VEALE, Sandra Joyce→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-01 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
VEALE, Anthony David→
director · ~85y · appointed 2002-12-31 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
VEALE, Sandra Joyce→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-12-31 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2026-02-18
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2026-01-10
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accounts · AA
2025-09-16
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2025-01-16
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accounts · AA
2024-09-13
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2024-01-04
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accounts · AA
2023-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
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accounts · AA
2022-09-23
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2022-01-05
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accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
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accounts · AA
2020-10-23