CLEARWATER POOLS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05923127 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-09-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-01-28
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2022-01-28
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2022-01-26
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  10. 2022-01-26
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  11. 2021-12-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-11-01
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    GREGORY, Allan appointed
    director
  13. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2020-09-10
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    GREGORY, Paul John resigned
    secretary
  16. 2020-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2006-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEARWATER POOLS (UK) LIMITED
  20. 2006-09-04
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    GREGORY, Teresa Maria appointed
    director
  21. 2006-09-04
    ➕
    GREGORY, Paul John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-09-04
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-09-04
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-09-04
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-09-04
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70 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 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Allan Gregory
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2021
Mrs Teresa Maria Gregory
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/09/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

46 Hamilton Square
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH41 5AR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GREGORY, Allan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREGORY, Teresa Maria→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREGORY, Paul John→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2020-09-10
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2006-09-04
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2006-09-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-01-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-01-28
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-01-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-01-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-10