AQUA CARPATICA UK LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11482845 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-25
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.
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46341
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees900800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-08-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-11-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-10-22
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    TRAISTA, Mihail appointed
    director
  12. 2019-04-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-04-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2019-04-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-10-09
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2018-10-04
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2018-07-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUA CARPATICA UK LTD
  18. 2018-07-25
    ➕
    VALVIS, Jean appointed
    director
  19. 2018-07-25
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 72 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jean Valvis
Individual · Swiss · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting25/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46341 — SIC 46341

Registered office

The Charter Building
Charter Place
Uxbridge
Greater London
UB8 1JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TRAISTA, Mihail→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-10-22
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Active
VALVIS, Jean→
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-07-25
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-07-23