BLUE WATER CAPITAL LIMITED

📈Growthactive
10870130 · ltd · incorporated 2017-07-17
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (80/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~4.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 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.

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Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £315,905

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Profit before tax£315.9k£19.5k
Average employees5600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 3 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-11
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2022-01-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bath Investment and Building Society
  15. 2021-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-04-11
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  19. 2019-03-28
    FERGUSON, Claire Helen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2017-07-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLUE WATER CAPITAL LIMITED
  21. 2017-07-17
    PORTER, Henry William Daniel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Henry Porter
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/07/2017

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
Incorporated2017-07-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

Quadrant Court 49 Calthorpe Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 1TH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FERGUSON, Claire Helen
secretary · appointed 2019-03-28
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Active
PORTER, Henry William Daniel
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-07-17
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bath Investment and Building Society
A registered charge1 property10/09/2021
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Recent filings (30 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-11