AQUISENSE TECHNOLOGIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09866591 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-8.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 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 · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,694
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£10k
Net Worth
-£9k
Current Assets
£11k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-8.7k |
| Current assets | £11.0k |
| Cash | £10.4k |
| Debtors | £661 |
| Net assets | £-8.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2025-03-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-08-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-31➕SIMONS, Richard Mark appointeddirector
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2020-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-11-21➖MUNDELL, Katie Angela resigneddirector
- 2018-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2015-11-11🏢Company incorporatedAs AQUISENSE TECHNOLOGIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
- 2015-11-11➕LAWAL, Oliver Richard Tobias appointeddirector
- 2015-11-11➕MUNDELL, Katie Angela appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140
Registered office
3 Castlegate
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 6SF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
LAWAL, Oliver Richard Tobias→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2015-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIMONS, Richard Mark→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2024-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MUNDELL, Katie Angela→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2015-11-11 · resigned 2018-11-21
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Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-11-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03