AQUA HYGIENE PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03483484 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-19

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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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£407

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £407

Net assets shrinking

Down £34,156 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£407

↓ 99% YoY

Current Assets

£26k

↓ 67% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£2.1k	£37.1k
Current assets	£26.3k	£79.0k
Net assets	£407	£34.6k

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

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 (23 events)Click to expand

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1997-12-19
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Company incorporated
As AQUA HYGIENE PRODUCTS LIMITED
1997-12-19
➕
BENNETT, Steve Clifford appointed
secretary
1997-12-19
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BENNETT, Steve Clifford appointed
director
1997-12-19
➕
JONES, David Timothy Lloyd appointed
director
1997-12-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-12-19
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-12-19
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-12-19
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COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Timothy Lloyd Jones Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	19/12/2016

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

Incorporated1997-12-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Bradshaws Charter Court 2 Well House Barns

Chester Road Bretton

Chester

CH4 0DH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-02

Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BENNETT, Steve Clifford→

secretary · appointed 1997-12-19

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Active

BENNETT, Steve Clifford→

director · ~60y · appointed 1997-12-19

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Active

JONES, David Timothy Lloyd→

director · ~67y · appointed 1997-12-19

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-19 · resigned 1997-12-19

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-19 · resigned 1997-12-19

Resigned

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