AQUATECH DRAINAGE CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05001373 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200300

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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-11-18
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  6. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-04
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    UDEN, Christopher John appointed
    director
  8. 2020-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2019-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-02
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-09-02
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    address · AD01
  12. 2018-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-05
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-12-01
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  15. 2016-12-27
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  16. 2016-01-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2008-05-24
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2005-05-06
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2005-05-06
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    VANTIS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-12-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUATECH DRAINAGE CONSULTANTS LTD
  21. 2003-12-22
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    UDEN, Alison Seymour appointed
    director
  22. 2003-12-22
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    VANTIS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-12-22
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    VANTIS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2003-12-22
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    VANTIS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Alison Seymour Uden
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Christopher John Uden
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2003-12-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Armitage House Victor Jackson Avenue
Poundbury
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 3GY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

UDEN, Alison Seymour→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
UDEN, Christopher John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2020-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-06 · resigned 2008-05-24
Resigned
VANTIS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-12-22 · resigned 2005-05-06
Resigned
VANTIS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-12-22 · resigned 2003-12-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
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accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30