AQUARIUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06760296 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-27
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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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
57 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees272400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-09-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  5. 2024-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-15
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  7. 2023-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-27
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  9. 2022-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-01-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-01-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-10-02
    ➖
    ROGERS, Nick resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-07-14
    ➖
    WHITLOCK, Mark Derek resigned
    director
  20. 2009-01-12
    ➕
    WHITLOCK, Mark Derek appointed
    director
  21. 2008-11-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUARIUS LIMITED
  22. 2008-11-27
    ➕
    ROGERS, Nicholas Jason appointed
    director
  23. 2008-11-27
    ➕
    ROGERS, Roy Melvyn appointed
    director
  24. 2008-11-27
    ➕
    ROGERS, Nick appointed
    secretary

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Roy Melvyn Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 06/1945 · age 81
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Nicholas Jason Rogers
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Swinford House
Albion Street
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 3EE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ROGERS, Nicholas Jason→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERS, Roy Melvyn→
director · ~81y · appointed 2008-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERS, Nick→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-27 · resigned 2013-10-02
Resigned
WHITLOCK, Mark Derek→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-12 · resigned 2009-07-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—20/09/2024—
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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14