AQUATEC TELEMETRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03616338 · ltd · incorporated 1998-08-17
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 99999SIC 99999
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
71 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
Cash
—
Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets—£0
Net assets£0£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-09-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-09-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 1998-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUATEC TELEMETRY LIMITED
  17. 1998-08-17
    ➕
    SMERDON, Andrew Michael appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-08-17
    ➕
    SMERDON, Andrew Michael appointed
    director
  19. 1998-08-17
    ➕
    WILLIS, Andrew Douglas appointed
    director
  20. 1998-08-17
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-08-17
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 80 — 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 80 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 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Michael Smerdon
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—sig. influence75-100% shares · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-08-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Aquatec House
Stroudley Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG24 8FW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SMERDON, Andrew Michael→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-17
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Active
SMERDON, Andrew Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-08-17
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Active
WILLIS, Andrew Douglas→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-08-17
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-08-17 · resigned 1998-08-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16