BATH NATURAL SPRING WATER LIMITED

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05961706 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-10
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-07-26
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  5. 2021-08-07
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  6. 2020-08-10
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  7. 2019-08-07
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  8. 2018-08-03
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  9. 2017-08-08
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  10. 2016-08-03
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  11. 2015-11-02
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  12. 2015-07-28
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  13. 2014-10-23
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  14. 2014-08-01
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  15. 2006-10-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BATH NATURAL SPRING WATER LIMITED
  16. 2006-10-10
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    URCH, Virginia appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-10-10
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    URCH, David Lawrence appointed
    director
  18. 2006-10-10
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    URCH, Duncan Winston appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-10
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    URCH, Tabitha Sarah-Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-10
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    URCH, Virginia 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tabitha Sarah-Jane Urch
Individual · British · DOB 08/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070

Registered office

David Urch
Carscliff Upper Draycott Road
Cheddar
Somerset
BS27 3YL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

URCH, Virginia→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-10
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URCH, David Lawrence→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-10-10
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URCH, Duncan Winston→
director · ~46y · appointed 2006-10-10
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URCH, Tabitha Sarah-Jane→
director · ~48y · appointed 2006-10-10
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URCH, Virginia→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-10-10
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Recent filings (39 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
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2025-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
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2024-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
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accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-07
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2020-10-22
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accounts · AA
2020-08-10
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2019-10-24
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2019-08-07