AQUA BOSS CLEANING SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
07023865 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-18
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,840

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£89
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£368£736£1k£1k£2kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£4.1k£4.2k
Current assets£89£89
Net assets£1.8k£1.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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  2. 2025-06-30
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  3. 2024-06-29
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  4. 2023-06-30
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  5. 2022-06-28
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  6. 2021-06-29
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  7. 2021-02-04
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  8. 2021-02-03
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  9. 2020-06-28
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  10. 2019-06-28
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  11. 2018-06-29
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  12. 2017-06-28
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  13. 2016-06-30
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  14. 2015-11-03
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  15. 2015-06-19
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  16. 2009-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUA BOSS CLEANING SERVICES LTD
  17. 2009-09-18
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    TOOMEY, Carolyn Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-09-18
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    GRIFFITHS - CLACK, Christopher Ashley appointed
    director
  19. 2009-09-18
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    TOOMEY, Carolyn Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 75 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

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 Christopher Griffiths-Clack
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/09/2016
Mrs Carolyn Anne Toomey
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/09/2016

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
Incorporated2009-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

71 Shrivenham Road
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 2QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TOOMEY, Carolyn Anne→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-18
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GRIFFITHS - CLACK, Christopher Ashley→
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-09-18
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Active
TOOMEY, Carolyn Anne→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-09-18
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

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2026-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-28