AQUILA 1516 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06917646 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-28
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 12.7y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-302024-07-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-09-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2024-09-18
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    Charge satisfied #6
  7. 2024-05-10
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-05-10
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    Charge satisfied #5
  9. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-09-21
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    FREEDMAN, Daniel resigned
    director
  15. 2020-05-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2020-05-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-10-08
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    HIRST, Paul Gary resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-10-08
    ➖
    HIRST, Paul Gary resigned
    director
  20. 2019-10-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  21. 2019-10-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-07-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  23. 2019-06-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  24. 2019-04-09
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Dominic John appointed
    director
  25. 2017-10-26
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    Charge satisfied #2
  26. 2017-10-26
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    Charge satisfied #4
  27. 2017-10-26
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  28. 2017-10-26
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 2017-10-20
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Aviva Commercial Finance Limited
  30. 2017-10-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Pramerica Real Estate Capital Vi S.A.Rl.
  31. 2016-05-11
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    FREEDMAN, Daniel appointed
    director
  32. 2014-11-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  33. 2013-10-04
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  34. 2013-10-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  35. 2013-10-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  36. 2012-05-27
    ➕
    HIRST, Paul Gary appointed
    secretary
  37. 2012-05-27
    ➖
    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  38. 2009-07-20
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Anthony David appointed
    director
  39. 2009-07-20
    ➕
    HIRST, Paul Gary appointed
    director
  40. 2009-07-20
    ➖
    LAWRIE, Colin Thomas resigned
    director
  41. 2009-07-20
    ➖
    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  42. 2009-07-20
    ➖
    D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  43. 2009-05-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AQUILA 1516 LIMITED
  44. 2009-05-28
    ➕
    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  45. 2009-05-28
    ➕
    LAWRIE, Colin Thomas appointed
    director
  46. 2009-05-28
    ➕
    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  47. 2009-05-28
    ➕
    D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED appointed
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Aquila House Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aquila House Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AQUILA 1516 LIMITED
This company · 06917646

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aquila House Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/10/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Aquila Real Estate Limitedceased 18/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

6a High Street
Chelmsford
CM1 1BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

CHAMBERS, Anthony David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMBERS, Dominic John→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIRST, Paul Gary→
secretary · appointed 2012-05-27 · resigned 2019-10-08
Resigned
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-05-28 · resigned 2012-05-27
Resigned
FREEDMAN, Daniel→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-05-11 · resigned 2020-09-21
Resigned
HIRST, Paul Gary→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-07-20 · resigned 2019-10-08
Resigned
LAWRIE, Colin Thomas→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-05-28 · resigned 2009-07-20
Resigned
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-05-28 · resigned 2009-07-20
Resigned
D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-05-28 · resigned 2009-07-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Aviva Commercial Finance
Aviva Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property20/10/201718/09/2024
satisfied
Pramerica Real Estate Capital Vi S.A.Rl.
A registered charge1 property20/10/201710/05/2024
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge2 properties19/11/201426/10/2017
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—04/10/201326/10/2017
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—04/10/201326/10/2017
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge2 properties04/10/201326/10/2017

Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12