LIVING WATER ECOSYSTEMS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC181843 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-31
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees500500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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  2. 2024-10-23
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  3. 2023-09-20
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  4. 2023-01-20
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  5. 2021-11-18
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  6. 2021-01-11
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  7. 2020-01-17
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  8. 2019-01-03
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  9. 2017-07-12
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  10. 2016-08-04
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  11. 2016-01-05
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  12. 2015-08-29
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  13. 2015-08-18
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  14. 2015-08-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  15. 2015-01-05
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  16. 2014-09-10
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  17. 2004-12-18
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    SHIELDS, David Martin appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-12-18
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    CANT, John Fraser, Dr resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-12-18
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    CANT, John Fraser, Dr resigned
    director
  20. 1999-02-21
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    CANT, John Fraser, Dr appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-02-21
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    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-12-23
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    RIVIERE, Anne resigned
    director
  23. 1998-04-03
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    SHIELDS, David Martin appointed
    director
  24. 1998-04-03
    ➕
    SHIELDS, Jane Leslie appointed
    director
  25. 1998-04-03
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    BROWN, Simon Thomas David resigned
    nominee-director
  26. 1998-04-03
    ➕
    CANT, John Fraser, Dr appointed
    director
  27. 1998-04-03
    ➖
    KERR, John Neilson resigned
    nominee-director
  28. 1998-04-03
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    RIVIERE, Anne appointed
    director
  29. 1997-12-31
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    Company incorporated
    As LIVING WATER ECOSYSTEMS LTD.
  30. 1997-12-31
    ➕
    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1997-12-31
    ➕
    BROWN, Simon Thomas David appointed
    nominee-director
  32. 1997-12-31
    ➕
    KERR, John Neilson appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Director David Martin Shields
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2016
Director Jane Leslie Shields
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2016

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
Incorporated1997-12-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

Carlingnose Studios
North Queensferry
Fife
KY11 1ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

SHIELDS, David Martin→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHIELDS, David Martin→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-04-03
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Active
SHIELDS, Jane Leslie→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CANT, John Fraser, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-21 · resigned 2004-12-18
Resigned
ANDERSON STRATHERN WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-31 · resigned 1999-02-21
Resigned
BROWN, Simon Thomas David→
nominee-director · ~66y · appointed 1997-12-31 · resigned 1998-04-03
Resigned
CANT, John Fraser, Dr→
director · ~73y · appointed 1998-04-03 · resigned 2004-12-18
Resigned
KERR, John Neilson→
nominee-director · ~70y · appointed 1997-12-31 · resigned 1998-04-03
Resigned
RIVIERE, Anne→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-04-03 · resigned 1998-12-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—12/08/2015—
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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
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2025-10-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
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accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
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accounts · AA
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
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accounts · AA
2021-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-03