AQUANAUT SCUBA AND SNORKELLING CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06368061 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-11

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£-18.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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, 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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £18,315

Net assets shrinking

Down £25,854 YoY

Cash YoY

+21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£13k

↑ 21% YoY

Net Worth

-£18k

↓ 343% YoY

Current Assets

£201k

↓ 5.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£7.2k	£38.0k
Current assets	£201.1k	£213.0k
Cash	£13.2k	£10.8k
Debtors	£52.3k	£49.5k
Net assets	£-18.3k	£7.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-10
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-10-24
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-10-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2011-07-12
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CLAFTON, Ian appointed
director
2007-09-11
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Company incorporated
As AQUANAUT SCUBA AND SNORKELLING CENTRE LIMITED
2007-09-11
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CLAFTON, Ian appointed
secretary
2007-09-11
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CLAFTON, Lynne Karen appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Clafton Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016
Mrs Lynne Karen Clafton Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2007-09-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

10 Sugden Road

Thames Ditton

Surrey

KT7 0AE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CLAFTON, Ian→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-11

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CLAFTON, Ian→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-07-12

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CLAFTON, Lynne Karen→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-09-11

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