REDBOURNBURY WATERMILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06409789 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-26
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10611
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10710Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
  • 91030Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees8800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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  2. 2025-05-27
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  3. 2024-05-13
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  4. 2023-05-30
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  5. 2022-08-30
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  6. 2021-12-06
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  7. 2020-06-19
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  8. 2019-06-17
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  9. 2018-07-02
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  10. 2017-07-24
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  11. 2016-06-06
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  12. 2015-11-02
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  13. 2015-07-27
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  14. 2014-10-29
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  15. 2014-09-09
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  16. 2010-03-26
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    RIDGEWAY, Dennis resigned
    director
  17. 2010-03-26
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    WEBSTER, Peter Howard Norton, Dr resigned
    director
  18. 2008-12-31
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    WEBSTER, Peter Howard Norton, Dr appointed
    director
  19. 2008-06-13
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    RIDGEWAY, Dennis appointed
    director
  20. 2007-10-26
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    Company incorporated
    As REDBOURNBURY WATERMILL LIMITED
  21. 2007-10-26
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    JAMES, Amanda appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-10-26
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    JAMES, Amanda appointed
    director
  23. 2007-10-26
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    JAMES, Justin Gostwycke appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 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 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

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
Mrs Amanda James
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares26/10/2016
Mr Justin Gostwycke James
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares26/10/2016

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
Incorporated2007-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10611 — SIC 10611

Registered office

Redbournbury Watermill
Redbournbury Lane
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
AL3 6RS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JAMES, Amanda→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-26
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Active
JAMES, Amanda→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-10-26
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Active
JAMES, Justin Gostwycke→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-10-26
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Active
RIDGEWAY, Dennis→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-06-13 · resigned 2010-03-26
Resigned
WEBSTER, Peter Howard Norton, Dr→
director · ~92y · appointed 2008-12-31 · resigned 2010-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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2026-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
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accounts · AA
2025-05-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-17