AQUAFILTA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09144616 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-23
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 36000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46499Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
34 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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees3300

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
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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2017-05-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-05-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-09-08
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    GOODWIN, Colin appointed
    director
  18. 2014-09-08
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    MACSWINEY, James Clive appointed
    director
  19. 2014-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUAFILTA LIMITED
  20. 2014-07-23
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    MACSWINEY, Michael Clive appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Michael Clive Macswiney
Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr Colin Goodwin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
—25–50%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
Incorporated2014-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

18 Langton Place Hatter Street
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GOODWIN, Colin→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-09-08
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Active
MACSWINEY, James Clive→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-09-08
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Active
MACSWINEY, Michael Clive→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-07-23
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Active

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-30