21 WTR FREEHOLD LTD
🌳Matureactive
06132598 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-01
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£682
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
61 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £682
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£682
↑ 192% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 356% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £682 | £-741 |
| Current assets | £1.2k | £259 |
| Net assets | £682 | £-741 |
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 (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-02-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-02-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-12➕SULLIVAN, Benjamin James appointeddirector
- 2022-01-05➖CAVELL, Justin resignedsecretary
- 2022-01-05➖CAVELL, Justin resigneddirector
- 2022-01-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-01-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2021-05-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-01➕CHARLES, Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2018-04-01➖CHARLES, Costas resigneddirector
- 2012-03-02➕LAU, Lesley appointeddirector
- 2012-03-02➖NGUYEN, Wayne resigneddirector
- 2007-03-01🏢Company incorporatedAs 21 WTR FREEHOLD LTD
- 2007-03-01➕AKAN, Dinah Mary appointeddirector
- 2007-03-01➕CAVELL, Justin appointedsecretary
- 2007-03-01➕CAVELL, Justin appointeddirector
- 2007-03-01➕CHARLES, Costas appointeddirector
- 2007-03-01➕NGUYEN, Wayne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)
Group structure
Greenbridge Properties Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Greenbridge Properties Limited
Corporate parent · board control
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21 WTR FREEHOLD LTD
This company · 06132598
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Benjamin James Sullivan Individual · British · DOB 06/1988 · age 38 | — | — | board controlboard control | 12/01/2022 |
Mrs Dinah Mary Akan Individual · British · DOB 10/1940 · age 86 | — | — | board controlboard control | 28/02/2017 |
Ms Lesley Lau Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44 | — | — | board controlboard control | 28/02/2017 |
Greenbridge Properties Limited Corporate entity | — | — | board controlboard control | 28/02/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Justin Cavellceased 12/01/2022· board control
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
21a Westbourne Terrace Road
London
W2 6NF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
AKAN, Dinah Mary→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2007-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHARLES, Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2018-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SULLIVAN, Benjamin James→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2022-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CAVELL, Justin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2022-01-05
CAVELL, Justin→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2022-01-05
CHARLES, Costas→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2018-04-01
NGUYEN, Wayne→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2012-03-02
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Recent filings (61 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-05