HAWKRIDGE WATER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05031982 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2004-02-02

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

21 officers (10 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

82 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	2025-02-28	2024-02-28

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-08-29
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-22
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LOCK, Michael Charles appointed
secretary
2025-08-22
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SILVERLOCK, Marion resigned
secretary
2025-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-22
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PERFECT, Amanda Jean appointed
director
2021-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-24
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HARRISON, Stephanie Christine resigned
director
2019-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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KNIGHTS, Richard appointed
director
2019-02-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-01-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-31
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BROWN, Patricia resigned
director
2018-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-02-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-12-20
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WILLCOCK, Kenneth Milner, His Honour resigned
director
2017-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-03-10
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FLEMING, Catherine Elinor appointed
director
2016-06-01
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PUGSLEY, Steven John appointed
director
2016-06-01
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PUGSLEY, John Edward resigned
director
2015-03-04
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BRANFIELD, Florence Ruth appointed
director
2015-03-04
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SILVERLOCK, Marion Valerie appointed
director
2015-03-04
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SILVERLOCK, Marion appointed
secretary
2015-03-04
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WILLCOCK, Kenneth Milner, His Honour resigned
secretary
2015-03-04
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MOSS, Juliette Mary resigned
director
2012-03-01
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BRANFIELD, Leslie Sidney resigned
director
2012-02-01
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BRANFIELD, Julian Leslie resigned
director
2010-02-19
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PUGSLEY, Steven John resigned
director
2007-04-25
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BROWN, Patricia appointed
director
2006-03-20
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LOCK, Michael Charles appointed
director
2006-03-20
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MOSS, Juliette Mary resigned
secretary
2006-03-20
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WILLCOCK, Kenneth Milner, His Honour appointed
secretary
2004-02-02
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Company incorporated
As HAWKRIDGE WATER LIMITED
2004-02-02
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LOCK, Kathleen Olive appointed
director
2004-02-02
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LOCK, Richard John appointed
director
2004-02-02
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MOSS, Juliette Mary appointed
secretary
2004-02-02
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BRANFIELD, Julian Leslie appointed
director
2004-02-02
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BRANFIELD, Leslie Sidney appointed
director
2004-02-02
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HARRISON, Stephanie Christine appointed
director
2004-02-02
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MOSS, Juliette Mary appointed
director
2004-02-02
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PUGSLEY, John Edward appointed
director
2004-02-02
➕
PUGSLEY, Steven John appointed
director
2004-02-02
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WILLCOCK, Kenneth Milner, His Honour appointed
director

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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2004-02-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

2 Whiterocks Cottages

Hawkridge

Dulverton

Somerset

TA22 9QN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-16

Last: 2026-02-02