ROSSHEATH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

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16317262 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-14
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
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
7 filings
60
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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-31
Average employees0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2026-04-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-04-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-04-23
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2025-03-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ROSSHEATH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  7. 2025-03-14
    WHITFIELD, David appointed
    director
  8. 2025-03-14
    WHITFIELD, Tanya appointed
    director
  9. 2025-03-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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: 2026-04-23: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Pelican Garage Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Pelican Garage Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ROSSHEATH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
This company · 16317262

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Pelican Garage Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/04/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David Whitfieldceased 27/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Tanya Whitfieldceased 27/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

15 Vicarage Lane
Ennerdale
Cleator
CA23 3BE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WHITFIELD, David
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-03-14
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Active
WHITFIELD, Tanya
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-03-14
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-14