HYDROTECHNICS LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC172313 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-13

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 36000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

38210SIC 38210

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 28.2y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 28.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	100	100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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2023-12-18
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2022-12-30
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accounts · AA
2021-12-28
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accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-28
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officers · CH01
2019-12-28
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address · AD01
2018-12-29
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accounts · AA
2017-12-28
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accounts · AA
2016-12-29
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accounts · AA
2016-02-27
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-27
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officers · TM01
2015-08-04
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LAURENSON, Arthur Kevin appointed
secretary
2015-08-04
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LAURENSON, Inga Denise resigned
secretary
2015-08-04
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LAURENSON, Inga Denise resigned
director
1998-02-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1997-03-20
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LAURENSON, Inga Denise appointed
director
1997-02-28
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LAURENSON, Arthur Kevin appointed
director
1997-02-28
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LAURENSON, Inga Denise appointed
secretary
1997-02-28
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-02-28
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-02-13
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Company incorporated
As HYDROTECHNICS LTD.
1997-02-13
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-02-13
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Arthur Kevin Laurenson Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/01/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-02-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

47a Grange Road

Alloa

Clackmannanshire

FK10 1LT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LAURENSON, Arthur Kevin→

secretary · appointed 2015-08-04

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Active

LAURENSON, Arthur Kevin→

director · ~58y · appointed 1997-02-28

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Active

LAURENSON, Inga Denise→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 2015-08-04

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-13 · resigned 1997-02-28

Resigned

LAURENSON, Inga Denise→

director · ~56y · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 2015-08-04

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-02-13 · resigned 1997-02-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	11/02/1998	—

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