AQUERRA SKINCARE LTD

🌱Startupactive
16198059 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-21
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-11
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-01-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AQUERRA SKINCARE LTD
  3. 2025-01-21
    GOSLING, Vincent Jamie appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-01-21
    SADOFSKY, Melvyn Warren appointed
    director
  5. 2025-01-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-04-11: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Wright Street Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Wright Street Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AQUERRA SKINCARE LTD
This company · 16198059

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Melvyn Warren Sadofsky
Individual · British · DOB 07/1949 · age 77
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/01/2025
Wright Street Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6 Earls Court
Henry Boot Way
Hull
North Humberside
HU4 7DY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GOSLING, Vincent Jamie
secretary · appointed 2025-01-21
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SADOFSKY, Melvyn Warren
director · ~77y · appointed 2025-01-21
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-04-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-21