AQUA BATHROOMS DIRECT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08392523 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-07

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

—

year to Feb 2026

Net worth

£44.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £44,696

Net assets shrinking

Down £19,731 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 59% YoY

Cash YoY

-59%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£24k

↓ 59% YoY

Net Worth

£45k

↓ 31% YoY

Current Assets

£123k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28
Total assets	£44.7k	£64.4k
Current assets	£123.4k	£154.1k
Cash	£23.8k	£58.8k
Debtors	£81.6k	£77.3k
Net assets	£44.7k	£64.4k

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-07-13
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2025-09-08
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2024-09-16
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2023-07-20
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accounts · AA
2022-10-21
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accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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accounts · AA
2020-09-09
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accounts · AA
2019-06-05
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accounts · AA
2018-10-15
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accounts · AA
2018-08-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-08-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2018-02-19
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address · AD01
2017-09-13
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accounts · AA
2016-09-05
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2016-03-03
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2013-02-20
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BADHAM, David Alexander appointed
director
2013-02-07
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Company incorporated
As AQUA BATHROOMS DIRECT LIMITED
2013-02-07
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BADHAM, Julie Nicola appointed
director
2013-02-07
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NEVILLE, Benjamin James appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Julie Badham Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

6 Barrow Hill

Churchdown

Gloucester

GL3 2LW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BADHAM, David Alexander→

director · ~58y · appointed 2013-02-20

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Active

BADHAM, Julie Nicola→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-02-07

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Active

NEVILLE, Benjamin James→

director · ~33y · appointed 2013-02-07

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Active

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