ALEWATER LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09791711 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-23
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 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
41 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-24📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-03-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-11📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-03-11📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2024-03-11📄appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP02
- 2024-03-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-17📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2024-02-17📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2024-02-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-01➕FIDENTIA NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-01-01➕FIDENTIA TRUSTEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2023-12-31➖ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2023-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-08➕COMBE, Emma Lucinda appointeddirector
- 2021-10-08➕SCHIFF, Annabel Rose appointeddirector
- 2021-10-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-10-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Certain Other Persons
- 2015-09-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ALEWATER LIMITED
- 2015-09-23➕LEE, Guy Knyvett appointeddirector
- 2015-09-23➕ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
70/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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
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 Guy Knyvett Lee Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Emma Lucinda Combe Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest | 08/10/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
3 Castlegate
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 6SF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
FIDENTIA NOMINEES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2024-01-01
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COMBE, Emma Lucinda→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2021-10-08
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LEE, Guy Knyvett→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2015-09-23
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SCHIFF, Annabel Rose→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-10-08
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FIDENTIA TRUSTEES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-director · appointed 2024-01-01
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ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2015-09-23 · resigned 2023-12-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Certain Other Persons / The Bodies / The Beneficiaries / Lloyds | A registered charge | — | 11/11/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-11
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-03-11
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2024-03-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-11
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2024-02-17
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-16