AQUASAFE BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06080102 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.7y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
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Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-16📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2025-04-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-11-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2021-11-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-31➖COOK, Thomas resigneddirector
- 2014-01-29➖COOK, Matthew Philip resigneddirector
- 2008-06-06➖WILLIAMS, Jaqueline resigneddirector
- 2008-05-01➕COOK, Matthew Philip appointeddirector
- 2008-05-01➕COOK, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2007-02-02🏢Company incorporatedAs AQUASAFE BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERS LIMITED
- 2007-02-02➕WILLIAMS, Keven Cledan appointedsecretary
- 2007-02-02➕WILLIAMS, Keven Cledan appointeddirector
- 2007-02-02➕WILLIAMS, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2007-02-02➕WILLIAMS, Jaqueline appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Thomas Williams Individual · British · DOB 07/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 13/10/2017 |
Mr Keven Cledan Williams Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 26/06/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Jacqueline Patricia Williamsceased 17/04/2026· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis
Registered office
Unit 3 Pyle Enterprise Centre Village Farm Industrial Estate
Pyle
Bridgend
CF33 6BL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-10
Last: 2026-06-26
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
WILLIAMS, Keven Cledan→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-02-02
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WILLIAMS, Keven Cledan→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2007-02-02
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WILLIAMS, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2007-02-02
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COOK, Matthew Philip→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2008-05-01 · resigned 2014-01-29
COOK, Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2008-05-01 · resigned 2014-03-31
WILLIAMS, Jaqueline→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2007-02-02 · resigned 2008-06-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/11/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-05-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-12