AQUARIAN PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04226685 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
86 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-07-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-01
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    BEETON, Charles Reginald resigned
    director
  13. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-06-06
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    BEETON, Victoria Jane resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-10-08
    ➖
    BEETON, Charles Reginald resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-10-08
    ➕
    BEETON, Victoria Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-08
    ➖
    BEETON, Vincent Charles resigned
    director
  21. 2001-06-07
    ➕
    BEETON, Dominic Francis appointed
    director
  22. 2001-06-07
    ➕
    BEETON, Charles Reginald appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-06-07
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-06-07
    ➕
    BEETON, Charles Reginald appointed
    director
  25. 2001-06-07
    ➕
    BEETON, Vincent Charles appointed
    director
  26. 2001-06-07
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUARIAN PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
  28. 2001-06-01
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-06-01
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Dominic Francis Beeton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

9 Merrileas Close, Chandlers Ford Merrieleas Close
Chandler's Ford
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO53 2FP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-13
Last: 2026-05-30

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

BEETON, Dominic Francis→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEETON, Charles Reginald→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-07 · resigned 2003-10-08
Resigned
BEETON, Victoria Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-08 · resigned 2011-06-06
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2001-06-07
Resigned
BEETON, Charles Reginald→
director · ~91y · appointed 2001-06-07 · resigned 2020-03-01
Resigned
BEETON, Vincent Charles→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-06-07 · resigned 2003-10-08
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2001-06-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-12