AQUASENTRY ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07274629 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 13.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.7y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
59 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
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 (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-07-07➖MEIKLE, Kirk Austin resigneddirector
- 2019-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-02-09➖STAINES, Robert Charles Gordon resigneddirector
- 2017-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-08-15🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2016-08-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-08-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-06-30➕GOFF, Paul appointeddirector
- 2016-06-30➕PROCTOR, Richard William George appointeddirector
- 2016-06-30➕MEIKLE, Kirk Austin appointeddirector
- 2016-06-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-10-03➖SLATER, Elizabeth Anne resigneddirector
- 2012-10-03➕STAINES, Robert Charles Gordon appointeddirector
- 2012-10-03➖TURNER, Jonathan Charles Deacon resigneddirector
- 2012-10-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bayford & Co Limited
- 2010-06-07🏢Company incorporatedAs AQUASENTRY ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
- 2010-06-07➕SLATER, Elizabeth Anne appointeddirector
- 2010-06-07➕TURNER, Jonathan Charles Deacon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Aquasentry Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Aquasentry Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AQUASENTRY ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
This company · 07274629
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aquasentry Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Aquasentry Brook House, Larkfield Trading Estate
New Hythe Lane
Larkfield
ME20 6GN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
Active
PROCTOR, Richard William George→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2016-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MEIKLE, Kirk Austin→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2016-06-30 · resigned 2020-07-07
SLATER, Elizabeth Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-06-07 · resigned 2012-10-03
STAINES, Robert Charles Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2012-10-03 · resigned 2018-02-09
TURNER, Jonathan Charles Deacon→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-06-07 · resigned 2012-10-03
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/08/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/08/2016 | 15/08/2016 | |
| satisfied | Bayford & Co Bayford & Co Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 03/10/2012 | 27/06/2016 |
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Recent filings (59 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-20