NOVAQUATICS LTD

🌳Matureactive
03338749 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-24
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 2 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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  2. 2024-07-05
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  3. 2023-06-09
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  4. 2022-05-19
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  5. 2021-04-15
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  6. 2020-03-20
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  7. 2019-04-09
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  8. 2019-04-09
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    officers · CH03
  9. 2019-03-11
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  10. 2018-04-04
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  11. 2017-03-31
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  12. 2016-11-04
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  13. 2016-11-04
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2016-04-28
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  15. 2016-04-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-04-07
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    ELLIS, Sara appointed
    director
  17. 2009-04-21
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    ELLIS, Sara appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-04-21
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    GUTHRIE, George Richard resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-04-01
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    GUTHRIE, George Richard appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-03-31
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    KEMP, Calvern Ernest resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-01-01
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    KEMP, Calvern Ernest appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-12-31
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    GIBSON, Nicholas James resigned
    secretary
  23. 1998-06-22
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    GIBSON, Nicholas James appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-06-21
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    FELLINGHAM BOYCE, David resigned
    secretary
  25. 1997-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As NOVAQUATICS LTD
  26. 1997-03-24
    ➕
    NEWMAN, Judith Sara appointed
    director
  27. 1997-03-24
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    FELLINGHAM BOYCE, David appointed
    secretary
  28. 1997-03-24
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-03-24
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-03-24
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1997-03-24
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Judith Sara Newman
Individual · British · DOB 03/1941 · age 85
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

River Lodge
Bishop's Lane
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 6UN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

ELLIS, Sara→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-21
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Active
ELLIS, Sara→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-04-07
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Active
NEWMAN, Judith Sara→
director · ~85y · appointed 1997-03-24
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Active
FELLINGHAM BOYCE, David→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-24 · resigned 1998-06-21
Resigned
GIBSON, Nicholas James→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-22 · resigned 2004-12-31
Resigned
GUTHRIE, George Richard→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-01 · resigned 2009-04-21
Resigned
KEMP, Calvern Ernest→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2007-03-31
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-24 · resigned 1997-03-24
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-24 · resigned 1997-03-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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2025-10-07
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2025-07-02
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2025-05-06
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accounts · AA
2024-07-05
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2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-04-09