POWER AND WATER CONTROLS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
NI028283 · ltd · incorporated 1994-03-21
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£-8.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,567
Very low cash
Cash position: £15
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£9k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£9k-£7k-£5k-£3k-£629£1kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-8.6k£-8.6k
Current assets£1.4k£1.4k
Cash£15£15
Net assets£-8.6k£-8.6k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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  2. 2025-02-24
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  3. 2024-02-26
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  4. 2023-02-24
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  5. 2022-05-19
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  6. 2021-04-01
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  7. 2020-02-27
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  8. 2019-02-27
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  9. 2018-02-27
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  10. 2017-02-27
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  11. 2016-03-25
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  13. 2015-04-09
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  15. 2013-05-27
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    MCGRANE, Patrick resigned
    secretary
  16. 2013-05-27
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    MCGRANE, Patrick resigned
    director
  17. 1994-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As POWER AND WATER CONTROLS LIMITED
  18. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    MCGRANE, John Joseph Martin appointed
    director
  19. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    MCGRANE, Patrick appointed
    secretary
  20. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    MCGRANE, Patrick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-03-21
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

50 Larchmount
Newry
Down
BT35 6TX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MCGRANE, John Joseph Martin→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-03-21
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Active
MCGRANE, Patrick→
secretary · appointed 1994-03-21 · resigned 2013-05-27
Resigned
MCGRANE, Patrick→
director · ~64y · appointed 1994-03-21 · resigned 2013-05-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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2026-02-24
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2025-03-31
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2025-02-24
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2024-04-02
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2024-02-26
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2023-03-29
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2023-03-24
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2023-02-24
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2022-05-19
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2022-03-21
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2021-04-07
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2021-04-01
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2020-03-24
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2020-02-27