AQUA21 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC379863 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-07
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-04
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    KENNEDY, Richard Samuel resigned
    director
  8. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-22
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    officers · AP03
  11. 2018-08-13
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    COSTELLO, Trevor Franklin appointed
    secretary
  12. 2018-08-13
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    CRAIG, Brian Archibald resigned
    secretary
  13. 2018-08-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2018-08-13
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-08-13
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-08-09
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    CRAIG, Brian Archibald resigned
    director
  17. 2018-08-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2018-08-04
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    SINCLAIR, Robert Neil resigned
    director
  19. 2018-08-03
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    capital · SH01
  20. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2016-12-28
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    KENNEDY, Richard Samuel appointed
    director
  23. 2016-08-21
    ➕
    CRAIG, Brian Archibald appointed
    secretary
  24. 2016-08-21
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Robert Neil appointed
    director
  25. 2014-10-07
    ➕
    CRAIG, Brian Archibald appointed
    director
  26. 2010-09-24
    ➕
    PEYTON, Courtney Hyde appointed
    director
  27. 2010-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUA21 LIMITED
  28. 2010-06-07
    ➕
    COSTELLO, Trevor Franklin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Trevor Franklin Costello
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

272 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

COSTELLO, Trevor Franklin→
secretary · appointed 2018-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSTELLO, Trevor Franklin→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEYTON, Courtney Hyde→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAIG, Brian Archibald→
secretary · appointed 2016-08-21 · resigned 2018-08-13
Resigned
CRAIG, Brian Archibald→
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-10-07 · resigned 2018-08-09
Resigned
KENNEDY, Richard Samuel→
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-12-28 · resigned 2021-01-04
Resigned
SINCLAIR, Robert Neil→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-08-21 · resigned 2018-08-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-31