H2O FOR YOU LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC199968 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-16

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-06-02
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2022-06-02
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2021-06-13
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2020-06-22
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2019-06-13
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2018-06-12
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2008-10-01
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CRAWFORD, Jennifer Louise appointed
director
2008-10-01
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MCLACHLAN, Alison Sheila resigned
secretary
2008-10-01
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MCLACHLAN, Alison Sheila resigned
director
1999-09-16
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Company incorporated
As H2O FOR YOU LIMITED
1999-09-16
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FLYNN, James William appointed
director
1999-09-16
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MCLACHLAN, Alison Sheila appointed
secretary
1999-09-16
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MCLACHLAN, Alison Sheila appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James William Flynn Individual · British · DOB 12/1947 · age 79	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1999-09-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

20 Castle View

Airth

Falkirk

Stirlingshire

FK2 8GE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CRAWFORD, Jennifer Louise→

director · ~42y · appointed 2008-10-01

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Active

FLYNN, James William→

director · ~79y · appointed 1999-09-16

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Active

MCLACHLAN, Alison Sheila→

secretary · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 2008-10-01

Resigned

MCLACHLAN, Alison Sheila→

director · ~60y · appointed 1999-09-16 · resigned 2008-10-01

Resigned

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