ATLANTIC POWER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06015801 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-01
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
51 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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  2. 2025-04-02
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  3. 2024-04-06
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  4. 2023-04-03
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  5. 2022-03-18
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  6. 2020-10-30
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  7. 2019-10-04
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  8. 2018-07-24
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  9. 2018-02-13
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  10. 2017-02-24
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  11. 2015-12-10
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  12. 2015-11-14
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  13. 2015-02-02
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  14. 2014-12-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-06-25
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    HANFORD, Stuart Ivor resigned
    director
  16. 2008-02-01
    ➕
    KENNEY, Michael Andrew appointed
    director
  17. 2006-12-20
    ➕
    NEAL, David John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-12-20
    ➕
    NEAL, David John appointed
    director
  19. 2006-12-20
    ➕
    HANFORD, Stuart Ivor appointed
    director
  20. 2006-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ATLANTIC POWER LIMITED
  21. 2006-12-01
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-12-01
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-12-01
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-12-01
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 79 — 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 79 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Neal
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/12/2016

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
Incorporated2006-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Ty-To-Maen Farm, Newton Road
Rumney
Cardiff
CF3 2EJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

NEAL, David John→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-20
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Active
KENNEY, Michael Andrew→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-02-01
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Active
NEAL, David John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-12-20
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Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-01 · resigned 2006-12-01
Resigned
HANFORD, Stuart Ivor→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-12-20 · resigned 2013-06-25
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-12-01 · resigned 2006-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-04