AQUARIA (GRIMSAY) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC476899 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£465.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 11.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 £465,399

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£226k
Net Worth
£465k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-05
Total assets£502.2k
Cash£226.2k
Net assets£465.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-05-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-06-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2016-06-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2016-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-12-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2015-05-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2015-04-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2014-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUARIA (GRIMSAY) LTD
  22. 2014-05-06
    ➕
    STEWART, David appointed
    director
  23. 2014-05-06
    ➕
    STEWART, Donald appointed
    director
  24. 2014-05-06
    ➕
    STEWART, Hector appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 02/1992 · age 34
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2022
Mr Hector Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Donald Stewartceased 08/05/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-05-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Shillay Kallin
Grimsay
Isle Of North Uist
HS6 5HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-20
Last: 2025-05-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

STEWART, David→
director · ~34y · appointed 2014-05-06
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Active
STEWART, Donald→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-05-06
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Active
STEWART, Hector→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-05-06
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property11/12/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—13/05/2015—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—09/04/201522/06/2016
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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-24