AQUATEC SYSTEMS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
13402302 · ltd · incorporated 2021-05-17
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£-167.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
18 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £167,626
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£37k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
-£168k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.79M | £1.83M |
| Current assets | £67.3k | £93.3k |
| Cash | £37.1k | £33.2k |
| Debtors | £13.2k | £47.9k |
| Net assets | £-167.6k | £-131.7k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-08-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-08-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-06-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-06-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-05-17🏢Company incorporatedAs AQUATEC SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2021-05-17➕RYELAND, John Philip David appointeddirector
- 2021-05-17➕WHITLOCK, Martin Mark appointeddirector
- 2021-05-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Bramley Barn Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Parkfoot Garage Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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AQUATEC SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 13402302
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bramley Barn Investments Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/08/2021 |
Parkfoot Garage Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/05/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Philip David Ryelandceased 17/08/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Martin Mark Whitlockceased 17/05/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
C/O Parkfoot Garage Limited
265 London Road
West Malling
Kent
ME19 5AE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
RYELAND, John Philip David→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2021-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITLOCK, Martin Mark→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2021-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (18 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-08-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04