ARTISAN WATER TREATMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05577134 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-28
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£319.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £319,923
Cash YoY
+2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£236k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Net Worth
£320k
↑ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
£336k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£67k£134k£201k£268k£336kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£328.7k£318.9k
Current assets£335.5k£300.9k
Cash£235.9k£230.6k
Debtors£99.6k£70.2k
Net assets£319.9k£308.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-26
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-06-29
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2021-02-04
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    officers · CH03
  7. 2021-02-04
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    address · AD01
  8. 2020-06-05
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  9. 2019-06-26
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  10. 2018-06-29
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  11. 2017-06-27
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  12. 2016-06-30
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  13. 2016-05-09
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  14. 2015-10-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-10-01
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    COLEMAN, Joanne Louise appointed
    director
  17. 2005-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTISAN WATER TREATMENT LIMITED
  18. 2005-09-28
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    COLEMAN, Joanne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-09-28
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    COLEMAN, Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2005-09-28
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-09-28
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Joanne Louise Coleman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Paul Anthony Coleman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

The Oaks Hope House Lane
Stanford Bishop
Worcester
WR6 5TY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

COLEMAN, Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-28
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Active
COLEMAN, Joanne Louise→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-10-01
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Active
COLEMAN, Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-09-28
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-28 · resigned 2005-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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2025-06-26
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2025-06-18
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2024-09-10
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accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-30