CLEAN WATER INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06041465 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.7y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
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Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 700 |
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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-11-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Atom Bank PLC
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-04-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-04-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-03-06➕COOKE, Oliver James appointeddirector
- 2019-03-06➖GENT, Mark Norman resigneddirector
- 2012-03-31➖GENT, Stephen resigneddirector
- 2008-07-22➕GENT, Mark Norman appointeddirector
- 2008-07-22➕GENT, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2007-01-04🏢Company incorporatedAs CLEAN WATER INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED
- 2007-01-04➕COOKE, Oliver James appointedsecretary
- 2007-01-04➕COOKE, James Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 71 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Oliver James Cooke Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/03/2019 |
James Peter Cooke Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Mark Norman Gentceased 06/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BODDINGTON DEMOLITION LIMITED→ 03931143 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| CAMBS RECYCLE LTD→ 16051226 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CAMEO WASTE SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 12896260 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CASE NRG LTD→ 08918348 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| CLAUSCARSALEANDRECOVERY LIMITED→ 16184351 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CLEARANCE PROFESSIONALS LTD→ 12921224 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CM DEMOLITION LTD→ 14494406 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CORETEMP ENGINEERING LTD→ 16648319 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CORETEMP REFRIGERATION LTD→ 14998393 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CRYSTALAIR LIMITED→ 02620721 · est 1991 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | — | — |
| D & S DRAINAGE LIMITED→ 08557110 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| D D (OUTWELL) LIMITED→ 09822472 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110
Registered office
24 Market Place
Swaffham
Norfolk
PE37 7QH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
COOKE, Oliver James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-01-04
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COOKE, James Peter→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2007-01-04
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COOKE, Oliver James→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2019-03-06
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GENT, Mark Norman→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2008-07-22 · resigned 2019-03-06
GENT, Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-07-22 · resigned 2012-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Atom Bank Atom Bank PLC | A registered charge | 6 properties | 11/11/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (67 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30