AQUARIA (GRIMSAY) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC476899 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2026
Net worth
£552.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 11.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £552,467
Cash YoY
+50%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£339k
↑ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£552k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£110k£221k£331k£442k£552kApr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-04-052025-04-05
Total assets£583.0k£502.2k
Cash£338.6k£226.2k
Net assets£552.5k£465.4k

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

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2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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  2. 2025-07-04
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  3. 2025-05-19
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  4. 2024-05-20
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  5. 2023-06-14
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  6. 2023-05-15
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  7. 2022-05-12
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  8. 2022-05-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-05-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-05-19
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  11. 2020-08-24
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  12. 2019-06-19
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  13. 2018-12-04
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  14. 2017-06-13
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  15. 2016-07-22
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  16. 2016-06-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2015-12-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2015-05-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2015-04-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2014-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AQUARIA (GRIMSAY) LTD
  21. 2014-05-06
    ➕
    STEWART, David appointed
    director
  22. 2014-05-06
    ➕
    STEWART, Donald appointed
    director
  23. 2014-05-06
    ➕
    STEWART, Hector appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 02/1992 · age 34
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2022
Mr Hector Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Donald Stewartceased 08/05/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-05-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Shillay Kallin
Grimsay
Isle Of North Uist
HS6 5HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-05
Last made up to: 2026-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

STEWART, David→
director · ~34y · appointed 2014-05-06
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Active
STEWART, Donald→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-05-06
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Active
STEWART, Hector→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-05-06
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property11/12/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—13/05/2015—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—09/04/201522/06/2016
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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19