AQUILA WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC729342 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-12
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 38120SIC 38120
- 38210SIC 38210
- 38220SIC 38220
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 3.8y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 5 | 700 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-24📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2026-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-04-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-04-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-04-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-10-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-07-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-06-27📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-06-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-12🏢Company incorporatedAs AQUILA WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2022-04-12➕LESLIE, Alistair appointeddirector
- 2022-04-12➕SMITH, Hayley appointeddirector
- 2022-04-12➕SMITH, Leigh Christie appointeddirector
- 2022-04-12➕SMITH, Vicki appointeddirector
- 2022-04-12📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
48/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Lvs Assets Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Horizon 60 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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AQUILA WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · SC729342
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lvs Assets Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/02/2026 |
Horizon 60 Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/02/2026 |
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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110
Registered office
New House Hestingott
Virkie
Shetland
ZE3 9JR
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-26
Last: 2025-04-12
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
LESLIE, Alistair→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2022-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Hayley→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2022-04-12
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SMITH, Leigh Christie→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2022-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Vicki→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2022-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/04/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/04/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 20/07/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (16 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-24
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-06-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-27