8 WATERS CONSULTANTS LTD

💤Zombieactive
11846516 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£45.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £45,895

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£46k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£63k
↓ 75% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£251kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£45.9k£60.7k
Current assets£63.4k£250.6k
Net assets£45.9k£37.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-10-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2021-10-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-12-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-06-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-02-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 8 WATERS CONSULTANTS LTD
  13. 2019-02-25
    SHAMRAT, Sayed Mohammad appointed
    director
  14. 2019-02-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 7 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

1 high · 1 med ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-10

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-01-29: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sayed Mohammad Shamrat
Individual · British · DOB 02/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/02/2019

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
Incorporated2019-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

8 Waterside Court Galleon Boulevard
Crossways Business Park
Dartford
DA2 6NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-10OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SHAMRAT, Sayed Mohammad
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-02-25
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Recent filings (18 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-12