AQUAVENTURE SCUBA ACADEMY UK LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13671264 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-11
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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 (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-18📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2023-05-18📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2023-05-18📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-05-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-11🏢Company incorporatedAs AQUAVENTURE SCUBA ACADEMY UK LTD
- 2021-10-11➕WARNER, Craig appointedsecretary
- 2021-10-11➕WARNER, Craig Patrick appointeddirector
- 2021-10-11➕WARNER, Keegan appointeddirector
- 2021-10-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
74/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Craig Patrick Warner Individual · South African · DOB 12/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/10/2021 |
Mr Keegan Warner Individual · British · DOB 07/1991 · age 35 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/10/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BARA MANAGEMENT LTD→ 12742962 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| BARI EDU CONSULTANTS LTD→ 14119081 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BASIRA LTD→ 15995744 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BELONG CE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST→ 16563101 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BELVEDERE SCHOOLS LTD→ 07400909 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| BETHANYJANE LTD→ 15289858 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BETTINA'S KITCHEN LIMITED→ 10617913 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BIG CONDO TRAINING ACADEMY CIC→ 11818642 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| BIG VOICE - AIM HIGH CIC→ 12527092 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BIOGRAD EDUCATION LIMITED→ 10669244 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education
Registered office
27 Pool Avenue
Prescot
L34 2AB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
WARNER, Craig Patrick→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2021-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARNER, Keegan→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2021-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (14 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2023-05-18
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2023-05-18
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-05-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-11