1862 GREAT ORME WATER LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14958665 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 10 → 12
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1012
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£-8.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,616
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
-£9k
↓ 1867% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£9k-£3k£3k£9k£15k£21kMar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-8.1k£157£-4.8k
Current assets£21.1k£16.4k
Cash£11.2k£14.7k£12.5k
Debtors£7.9k
Net assets£-8.6k£-438£-4.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-17
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-09-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-24
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-07-24
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-07-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-06-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1862 GREAT ORME WATER LTD
  9. 2023-06-24
    KILPATRICK, David appointed
    director
  10. 2023-06-24
    KILPATRICK, Jordan appointed
    director
  11. 2023-06-24
    KILPATRICK, Raymond appointed
    director
  12. 2023-06-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2024-09-17: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jordan Kilpatrick
Individual · British · DOB 12/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/06/2023
Mr Raymond Kilpatrick
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/06/2023

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
Incorporated2023-06-24
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070

Registered office

The Lighthouse Marine Drive
Great Ormes Head
Llandudno
Conwy
LL30 2XD
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-07
Last: 2026-06-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

KILPATRICK, David
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-06-24
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Active
KILPATRICK, Jordan
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-06-24
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Active
KILPATRICK, Raymond
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-06-24
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-24