DPM WATER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC264863 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-12
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 20.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£71k£141k£212k£283k£354kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets—£29.5k
Current assets—£573
Net assets—£353.6k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-20
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    elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH02
  2. 2025-01-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-05
    ➖
    BARWELL CONSULTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2016-10-05
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2016-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2016-03-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-01-03
    ➖
    MACKIE, Alexander Charles Gordon resigned
    director
  18. 2008-11-17
    ➖
    BENNIE, Lynne Haig resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-11-17
    ➕
    BARWELL CONSULTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2005-05-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  21. 2005-04-13
    ➕
    BAX, Michael Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2005-04-13
    ➕
    BENNIE, Lynne Haig appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-04-13
    ➖
    O'DONNELL, Hugh resigned
    secretary
  24. 2005-04-13
    ➕
    MACKIE, Alexander Charles Gordon appointed
    director
  25. 2005-04-13
    ➖
    O'DONNELL, Carolann resigned
    director
  26. 2004-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DPM WATER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  27. 2004-03-12
    ➕
    O'DONNELL, Hugh appointed
    director
  28. 2004-03-12
    ➕
    O'DONNELL, Hugh appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-03-12
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2004-03-12
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2004-03-12
    ➕
    O'DONNELL, Carolann appointed
    director
  32. 2004-03-12
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2004-03-12
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hugh O'Donnell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2004-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

3 Bluebell Place 3 Bluebell Place
Stepps
Glasgow
North Lanarkshire
G33 6QF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

BAX, Michael Ian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DONNELL, Hugh→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENNIE, Lynne Haig→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-13 · resigned 2008-11-17
Resigned
O'DONNELL, Hugh→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2005-04-13
Resigned
BARWELL CONSULTING LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-17 · resigned 2016-10-05
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2004-03-12
Resigned
MACKIE, Alexander Charles Gordon→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-04-13 · resigned 2013-01-03
Resigned
O'DONNELL, Carolann→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2005-04-13
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-12 · resigned 2004-03-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/05/2005—
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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-23