AQUAKLENZ LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC257531 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-14
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 18.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.8 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,602

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 127% YoY
Current Assets
£153k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£31k£61k£92k£122k£153kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.6k£2.6k
Current assets£153.1k£94.3k
Cash—£26
Debtors£135.3k£86.3k
Net assets£3.6k£1.6k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  8. 2022-04-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-04-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2021-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-03
    ➕
    MOFFAT, Louise Ann appointed
    director
  14. 2020-11-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-07-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 2003-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUAKLENZ LTD.
  20. 2003-10-14
    ➕
    DUFFY, Clare Mary appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-10-14
    ➕
    DUFFY, Clare Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2003-10-14
    ➕
    DUFFY, Patrick appointed
    director
  23. 2003-10-14
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-10-14
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-10-14
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-10-14
    ➖
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Louise Ann Moffat
Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/10/2021
Mr Patrick Duffy
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Clare Mary Duffy
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81222 — Specialised cleaning services

Registered office

Unit 8 Phoenix Industrial Estate
Kerse Road
Stirling
FK7 7SG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

DUFFY, Clare Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-14
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Active
DUFFY, Clare Mary→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-10-14
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Active
DUFFY, Patrick→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOFFAT, Louise Ann→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-11-03
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-14 · resigned 2003-10-14
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-14 · resigned 2003-10-14
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
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property17/07/2007—
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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-04-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07