AGUA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06262354 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-30

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-92.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £92,314

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£92k

↓ 3.4% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↓ 2.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-92.3k	£-89.3k
Current assets	£21.8k	£22.3k
Net assets	£-92.3k	£-89.3k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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2024-12-29
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2023-12-28
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accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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2021-12-28
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts · AA
2018-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-22
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officers · CH01
2018-05-22
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officers · CH01
2017-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-12
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officers · CH01
2017-06-12
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officers · CH01
2017-06-12
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officers · CH03
2017-01-05
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accounts · AA
2016-06-07
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2009-06-06
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JONES, David appointed
director
2007-12-30
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JONES, Carol appointed
director
2007-05-30
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Company incorporated
As AGUA INVESTMENTS LIMITED
2007-05-30
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JONES, Claire appointed
secretary
2007-05-30
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JONES, Claire appointed
director
2007-05-30
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JONES, Paul appointed
director
2007-05-30
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-05-30
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-05-30
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-05-30
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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ABACUS EDUCATION CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ 09461231 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
AFFINITY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP→ 07442789 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
AIM QUALIFICATIONS AND ASSESSMENT GROUP→ 05038056 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
ALL ABOUT EDUCATIONAL LIMITED→ 07340089 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
ALL TOGETHER SERVICES LIMITED→ 13295093 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
ALLESTREE WOODLANDS SCHOOL→ 07951293 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
ALLIES FOR INCLUSION LTD→ 14085874 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
ALTERNATIVES ACTIVITY CENTRE→ 04075948 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	—	—
ALTHAUS GROUP LIMITED→ 12286611 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
AN NISA EVENTS CIC→ 12661984 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
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ANDREWFROSTDRIVING LIMITED→ 16647539 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-05-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

39 Ingham Drive

Mickleover

Derby

DE3 0NY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-13

Last: 2025-05-30

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Claire→

secretary · appointed 2007-05-30

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Active

JONES, Carol→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-12-30

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Active

JONES, Claire→

director · ~44y · appointed 2007-05-30

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Active

JONES, David→

director · ~79y · appointed 2009-06-06

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Active

JONES, Paul→

director · ~44y · appointed 2007-05-30

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-05-30 · resigned 2007-05-30

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-05-30 · resigned 2007-05-30

Resigned

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