AQUA-SOL INGREDIENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07965907 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-27
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 Apr 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 46750
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
40 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees400400

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
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-07-05
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  3. 2024-06-24
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  4. 2023-07-29
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  5. 2022-08-02
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  6. 2021-07-01
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  7. 2020-10-02
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  8. 2019-08-15
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  9. 2019-05-06
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-05-06
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    LAWS, Daniel Charles appointed
    director
  12. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    LAWS, Samuel Thomas appointed
    director
  13. 2018-08-15
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  14. 2017-07-19
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  15. 2016-06-22
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  16. 2016-03-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-07-13
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-05-01
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    LAWS, Malcolm Raymond appointed
    director
  19. 2012-05-01
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    LAWS, Susan Deborah appointed
    director
  20. 2012-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUA-SOL INGREDIENTS LTD
  21. 2012-02-27
    ➕
    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2012-02-27
    ➖
    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony resigned
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Malcolm Raymond Laws
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Deborah Laws
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46750 — SIC 46750

Registered office

Solo House The Courtyard
London Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

LAWS, Daniel Charles→
director · ~24y · appointed 2019-05-01
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Active
LAWS, Malcolm Raymond→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-05-01
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Active
LAWS, Samuel Thomas→
director · ~29y · appointed 2019-05-01
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Active
LAWS, Susan Deborah→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-05-01
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Active
VALAITIS, Peter Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-02-27 · resigned 2012-02-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-15