AQUARIUS HOLDINGS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

11313334 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-17

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£660.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £660,599

Net assets shrinking

Down £40,217 YoY

Cash YoY

+28%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£123k

↑ 28% YoY

Net Worth

£661k

↓ 5.7% YoY

Current Assets

£124k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£1.25M	£1.30M
Current assets	£123.7k	—
Cash	£122.8k	£95.7k
Debtors	£870	—
Net assets	£660.6k	£700.8k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
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accounts · AA
2023-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-12
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2018-09-21
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capital · SH01
2018-08-06
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mortgage · MR01
2018-07-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank Julius Baer & Co. LTD, Guernsey Branch
2018-05-15
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2018-05-15
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officers · EH02
2018-05-15
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officers · EH01
2018-05-15
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officers · EH03
2018-04-17
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Company incorporated
As AQUARIUS HOLDINGS LTD
2018-04-17
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BROOK, John Martin appointed
director
2018-04-17
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BROOK, Patricia appointed
director
2018-04-17
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
John Martin Brook Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	17/04/2018
Patricia Brook Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	17/04/2018

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

Incorporated2018-04-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Lower Plaza 1 Gateway Plaza

Fitzwilliam Street

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S70 2RF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BROOK, John Martin→

director · ~78y · appointed 2018-04-17

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Active

BROOK, Patricia→

director · ~77y · appointed 2018-04-17

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Bank Julius Baer & Co. , Guernsey Branch Bank Julius Baer & Co. LTD, Guernsey Branch	A registered charge	—	20/07/2018	—

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