CANADA WATER STUDIOS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08583934 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.8y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-27📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-10-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-23📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-10-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-10-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-27🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-02-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-02-24🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-02-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2014-03-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2013-10-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2013-06-25🏢Company incorporatedAs CANADA WATER STUDIOS LIMITED
- 2013-06-25➕RICHARDS, Julian appointedsecretary
- 2013-06-25➕RICHARDS, Angelina appointeddirector
- 2013-06-25➕RICHARDS, Julian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Julian Richards Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 25–50% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Angelina Richards Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| CAREERS IN DEPTH LIMITED→ 04824336 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education
Registered office
28 Ellis Farm Close
Woking
Surrey
GU22 9QN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-09
Last: 2026-06-25
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
RICHARDS, Angelina→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2013-06-25
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RICHARDS, Julian→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2013-06-25
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/02/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 17/02/2017 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/03/2014 | 27/02/2017 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/10/2013 | 27/02/2017 |
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Recent filings (48 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-27
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-10-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-19