BOSWIDDLE WATER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09312540 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-14
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), 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: medium (69/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
35 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
70
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£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets—£26.9k
Current assets—£1.9k
Net assets—£21.9k
Average employees0—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-10-24
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    BALL, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  5. 2024-10-24
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    BALL, Howard John, Dr resigned
    director
  6. 2024-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2021-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-16
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  13. 2017-08-08
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  14. 2017-05-05
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-05-02
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    PENNA, Sheila May appointed
    director
  16. 2016-11-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2016-11-21
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    KENT, Robert Jonathan resigned
    director
  18. 2016-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-11-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2015-09-17
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    BEACH, Simon James Gaunt appointed
    director
  21. 2015-09-17
    ➕
    HOGBIN, Paul Anthony, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2015-09-17
    ➕
    BALL, Howard John, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2015-09-17
    ➖
    DYSON, John Anthony resigned
    director
  24. 2015-09-17
    ➕
    KENT, Robert Jonathan appointed
    director
  25. 2015-09-17
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    MURDOCH, Graham resigned
    director
  26. 2014-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BOSWIDDLE WATER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  27. 2014-11-14
    ➕
    DYSON, John Anthony appointed
    director
  28. 2014-11-14
    ➕
    MURDOCH, Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

Boswiddle House
Ladock
Truro
Cornwall
TR2 4NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BALL, Jacqueline→
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEACH, Simon James Gaunt→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOGBIN, Paul Anthony, Dr→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PENNA, Sheila May→
director · ~86y · appointed 2017-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALL, Howard John, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-09-17 · resigned 2024-10-24
Resigned
DYSON, John Anthony→
director · ~90y · appointed 2014-11-14 · resigned 2015-09-17
Resigned
KENT, Robert Jonathan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-09-17 · resigned 2016-11-21
Resigned
MURDOCH, Graham→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-11-14 · resigned 2015-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-25