DUNLEY WATER COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05508263 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-07-14
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2018-08-31
    ➖
    RENFREY, Philip Gordon resigned
    director
  11. 2018-04-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-03
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-03-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-07-21
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-07-25
    ➕
    MURRAY, Andrew Henry William Vane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-07-25
    ➕
    MUNDY, John Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2007-07-25
    ➕
    MURRAY, Andrew Henry William Vane appointed
    director
  20. 2007-07-25
    ➖
    WILSONS (COMPANY SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-07-25
    ➕
    RENFREY, Philip Gordon appointed
    director
  22. 2007-07-25
    ➖
    TIMBERLAKE, Neil David resigned
    director
  23. 2005-10-19
    ➕
    TIMBERLAKE, Neil David appointed
    director
  24. 2005-10-19
    ➖
    WILSONS (COMPANY AGENTS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2005-07-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DUNLEY WATER COMPANY LIMITED
  26. 2005-07-14
    ➕
    WILSONS (COMPANY SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2005-07-14
    ➕
    WILSONS (COMPANY AGENTS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 21 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Energy & utilities · RG postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
BUTLERS SERVICES LTD→
10441657 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————9y——
CLEARWISE TREATMENT SERVICES LIMITED→
16368565 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
COGLAN AIRCONDITIONING SERVICES LIMITED→
04624778 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————23y——
COLLIS HOME GROUP LTD→
16930153 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
COMPLETE TEMPERATURE CONTROL LTD→
08109566 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
————13y——
DEFINITIVE ELECTRICAL LIMITED→
12581325 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
DRAIN & ABLE SOUTHERN LIMITED→
06686632 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
————17y——
EACON LTD→
12862397 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ECO CYCLE TECH LIMITED→
17107443 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
ECO POWER GENERATION LIMITED→
11855551 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————7y——
ECO RENEW LIMITED→
16829000 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ENERGY PAL LIMITED→
13013085 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

Dunley Courtyard
Dunley
Whitchurch
Hampshire
RG28 7PU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MURRAY, Andrew Henry William Vane→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUNDY, John Edward→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY, Andrew Henry William Vane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSONS (COMPANY SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-07-14 · resigned 2007-07-25
Resigned
RENFREY, Philip Gordon→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-07-25 · resigned 2018-08-31
Resigned
TIMBERLAKE, Neil David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2007-07-25
Resigned
WILSONS (COMPANY AGENTS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-07-14 · resigned 2005-10-19
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-15