AQUARIUS PLUMBING (MELTON MOWBRAY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07355416 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-24
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees500500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-01
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  3. 2025-09-01
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  4. 2025-09-01
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-08-31
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    BRADBURY, Steve Antony resigned
    director
  6. 2025-07-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-07-19
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    BRADBURY, Sharon Amanda resigned
    director
  8. 2024-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2017-09-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2011-09-17
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    HALPIN, Julie appointed
    director
  20. 2011-09-17
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Sharon Amanda appointed
    director
  21. 2010-08-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUARIUS PLUMBING (MELTON MOWBRAY) LIMITED
  22. 2010-08-24
    ➕
    HALPIN, Peter John appointed
    director
  23. 2010-08-24
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Steve Antony 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BRADBURY, Sharon Amanda resigned 2025-07-19; BRADBURY, Steve Antony resigned 2025-08-31

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Julie Halpin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control19/08/2017
Mr Peter John Halpin
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Sharon Bradburyceased 31/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Steve Antony Bradburyceased 31/08/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated2010-08-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98200 — Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use

Registered office

Pera Business Park M03 Tower Building
Nottingham Road
Melton Mowbray
LE13 0PB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HALPIN, Julie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALPIN, Peter John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADBURY, Sharon Amanda→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-09-17 · resigned 2025-07-19
Resigned
BRADBURY, Steve Antony→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-08-24 · resigned 2025-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-10