AMAWATERWAYS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10184331 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1800 | 1600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-01➕MURPHY, Gary appointeddirector
- 2025-08-01➕POWELL, Catherine Clare appointeddirector
- 2025-07-31➖MURPHY, Susan resigneddirector
- 2025-07-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-01➖SCHREINER, Rudi resigneddirector
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-26➕LOIZOU, James Platon appointeddirector
- 2024-06-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31➖HALL, Christopher Phillips resigneddirector
- 2022-01-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-15➕THOMSON, Jane appointeddirector
- 2020-09-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-31➖PERL, Stuart Clifford resigneddirector
- 2016-05-17🏢Company incorporatedAs AMAWATERWAYS LIMITED
- 2016-05-17➕HALL, Christopher Phillips appointeddirector
- 2016-05-17➕MURPHY, Susan appointeddirector
- 2016-05-17➕PERL, Stuart Clifford appointeddirector
- 2016-05-17➕SCHREINER, Rudi appointeddirector
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
1 med ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: MURPHY, Susan resigned 2025-07-31; SCHREINER, Rudi resigned 2025-07-01
🔒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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities
Registered office
Abbots Place Suite A
Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
GU1 4RW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
LOIZOU, James Platon→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2024-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MURPHY, Gary→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2025-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POWELL, Catherine Clare→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2025-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMSON, Jane→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-09-15
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HALL, Christopher Phillips→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2016-05-17 · resigned 2022-01-31
MURPHY, Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2016-05-17 · resigned 2025-07-31
PERL, Stuart Clifford→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-05-17 · resigned 2020-01-31
SCHREINER, Rudi→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2016-05-17 · resigned 2025-07-01
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19