AQUATERA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC206441 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-19

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
74901Environmental consulting activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 21.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3300	3200

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-09-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-25
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-06-01
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2025-06-01
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JONES, Gaynor Michelle resigned
secretary
2025-04-01
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-12-27
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-19
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2024-10-04
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2024-10-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-30
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Rocking Horse Solutions UK Limited
2024-09-23
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-23
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-07-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-04
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2024-05-31
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2024-04-06
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2024-04-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-01
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GARNIATI, Leuserina, Dr appointed
director
2024-03-28
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-03-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Sprk Capital Limited
2023-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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BARR, Gavin Alan resigned
director
2023-09-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-28
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-11-29
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JONES, Gaynor Michelle appointed
secretary
2022-11-28
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A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2021-09-01
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BARR, Gavin Alan appointed
director
2019-11-13
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JOHNSTONE, Ian Edward appointed
director
2014-01-01
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HUTCHISON, Ian Harcus appointed
director
2011-08-01
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JONES, Gaynor Michelle appointed
director
2011-01-25
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A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-01-25
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DAVIES, Robert resigned
secretary
2005-01-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2000-04-19
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Company incorporated
As AQUATERA LIMITED
2000-04-19
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DAVIES, Gareth John, Dr appointed
director
2000-04-19
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DAVIES, Robert appointed
secretary
2000-04-19
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-04-19
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Aquatera Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aquatera Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AQUATERA LIMITED

This company · SC206441

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Aquatera Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/11/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Dr Gareth John Daviesceased 01/11/2022· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-04-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Block 3 Old Academy Business Centre

Stromness

Orkney

KW16 3AW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01