Ancala Water Services (estates) Limited
ANCALA WATER SERVICES (ESTATES) LIMITED·Company no. 04617130·United Kingdom
The Firmwatch take
Ancala Water Services (estates) Limited (04617130) currently shows: Watch signal detected, based on accounts to 31 March 2025; last refreshed 24 May 2026. Negative working capital plus 1 more cautionary signal — extracted from the latest filed accounts.
Companies House source·Accounts to 31 Mar 2025·Refreshed 24 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
Firmwatch signals are generated from public filings and are not credit ratings or financial advice.
Incorporated
13 December 2002
23 years on the register
Sector
Sewerage
SIC 37000 · matched to division
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£6.7m
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Elevated insolvency risk
The latest public accounts show financial pressure that should be reviewed before relying on the company as a customer, supplier or counterparty.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Sector benchmark · Utilities and Waste
How this company compares in 14,051 filers in this sector
Top 10% in sector — Ancala Water Services (estates) Limited shows £6.7m in net assets. Sector median is £4k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£6.7m
Top 10% in sector · sector median £4k · 14,051 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£26m
Median £6k
Current ratio
0.6×
Median 1.3×
Signals · 3
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are lower than current liabilities in the extracted accounts.
People
Who runs this company
- HA
HOUGH, Ashley Patrick Roderick
director · since 2019
- OD
OWENS, David William
director · since 2018
Registered office
Address intelligence
29 other companies registered here.
Common for accountants' offices and small business centres.
Address pattern · S75 1JN
29 other UK companies registered at this postcode.
Active
25
Dissolved
0
Strike-off action
3
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