CREATIVE AQUATIC LTD

💤Zombieactive
08800589 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£509.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £509,847
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£452k
↑ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£510k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£102k£204k£306k£408k£510kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Cash£452.2k£409.8k
Net assets£509.8k£426.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-07-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-04-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-12-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CREATIVE AQUATIC LTD
  19. 2013-12-03
    BENHAYON, Simone Carol appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Simone Carol Benhayon
Individual · Australian · DOB 09/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/12/2016

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
Incorporated2013-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

C/O Bishop Fleming Brook House Manor Drive
Clyst St. Mary
Exeter
EX5 1GD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BENHAYON, Simone Carol
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-12-03
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Recent filings (37 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-06