G W COCKBURN WATER & DRAINAGE SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC517080 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-02
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£708.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 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
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red 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 £707,955
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£159k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£708k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£488k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£142k£283k£425k£566k£708kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£831.5k£825.5k
Current assets£488.2k£519.7k
Cash£158.7k£207.1k
Debtors£240.6k£201.5k
Net assets£708.0k£699.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-01-31
    ➖
    COCKBURN, George William resigned
    director
  8. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-05-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-02-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-02-14
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2019-02-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-02-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-02-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    COLLINS, Gary Lewis appointed
    director
  20. 2019-01-31
    ➕
    COLLINS, Gemma Larraine appointed
    director
  21. 2019-01-31
    ➖
    COCKBURN, Caroline Ann resigned
    director
  22. 2018-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2015-10-13
    ➕
    COCKBURN, Caroline Ann appointed
    director
  24. 2015-10-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As G W COCKBURN WATER & DRAINAGE SERVICES LTD
  25. 2015-10-02
    ➕
    COCKBURN, George William appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Collins Company Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Collins Company Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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G W COCKBURN WATER & DRAINAGE SERVICES LTD
This company · SC517080

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
Collins Company Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting31/01/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Caroline Ann Cockburnceased 31/01/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mr George William Cockburnceased 31/01/2019· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2015-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Unit 8-1 U-Stor Business Units
Spylaw Road
Kelso
Roxburghshire
TD5 8DN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COLLINS, Gary Lewis→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS, Gemma Larraine→
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COCKBURN, Caroline Ann→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-10-13 · resigned 2019-01-31
Resigned
COCKBURN, George William→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-10-02 · resigned 2022-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-06