AQUATIC ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-08
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£166K
+76.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+89% vs 2023
Employees
66
+8.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£39K
+104.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-08.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AQUATIC ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1990-08-22 → present
- LEDGE TWENTYFOUR LIMITED 1990-03-15 → 1990-08-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,545,000 | £11,548,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£600,000 | £180,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£920,000 | £39,000 | |
| Net profit | -£673,000 | -£267,000 | |
| Cash | £94,000 | £166,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,995,000 | £7,533,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,977,000 | £7,516,000 | |
| Equity | £3,977,000 | £7,516,000 | |
| Average employees | 61 | 66 | |
| Wages | £3,795,000 | £4,307,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.3% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | -7.1% | -2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -15.0% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.7% | 33.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | -1.85x | 1.28x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate. When assessing the going concern assumption, the directors have considered the group's and company's working capital and funding requirements in 2025 and 2026. In addition, the ultimate parent company, Motive Topco Limited, has provided a letter of support confirming it will continue to support the company by providing adequate strategic, operational and financial assistance to enable the company to continue its business operations as a going concern for the foreseeable future, and for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. Motive Topco Limited also confirmed it will not recall or demand any repayment of any other loans or advances due to it by the company as at 31 December 2024, except that insofar as the funds of the company permits repayment and that such repayment will not adversely affect the ability of the company to carry on their business operations as a going concern, Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- AQUATIC ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · parent
- Aquatic Asia Pacific Pte Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Revenue has increased by 21% during the year as the market recovers from an operationally challenging period where some customer activities were cancelled or postponed as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTON, David Edward | Director | 2024-09-09 | Jul 1979 | British |
| GREGG, James Philip | Director | 2024-09-09 | Dec 1979 | British |
| SLATTERY, Declan Joseph | Director | 2024-09-09 | Feb 1984 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHAM, Richard Charles | Secretary | 2006-07-04 | 2007-08-13 |
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2014-06-17 | 2024-09-09 |
| LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 1990-03-15 | 2006-03-31 |
| PAULL & WILLIAMSONS | Corporate Secretary | 2007-08-13 | 2009-04-06 |
| PAULL & WILLIAMSONS | Corporate Secretary | 2006-03-31 | 2006-07-04 |
| PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2009-04-06 | 2014-06-17 |
| ARNELL, Michael John | Director | 1990-03-15 | 2006-07-04 |
| BOUFFARD, Brice Marc | Director | 2024-05-30 | 2024-09-09 |
| BRUGGAIER, Bernhard, Dr | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2024-05-30 |
| CHARLES, Martin Ian George | Director | 2015-08-13 | 2021-07-31 |
| CRAIGIE, Douglas | Director | 1990-03-15 | 2006-07-04 |
| EDGLEY, Derek Ian | Director | 1990-03-15 | 2006-07-04 |
| EDGLEY, Frederick | Director | 1990-03-15 | 2006-07-04 |
| GUEZ, David Alexandre | Director | 2024-05-30 | 2024-09-09 |
| MACKINTOSH, George Louis | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2006-07-04 |
| MORRISON, Suzanne | Director | 1995-01-30 | 2006-07-04 |
| OVENDEN, Kevin Francis | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2009-07-07 |
| THOMAS, Kenneth James | Director | 1994-11-17 | 1997-08-31 |
| DURANO LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1990-03-15 | 1990-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motive Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-09 | Active |
| Project Santis Deltaco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-06-28 | Ceased 2024-09-09 |
| Acteon Group Operations (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-04-12 | Ceased 2024-06-28 |
| Bank Of Scotland (B G S) Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-16 | Ceased 2024-03-21 |
| Acteon Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-12 |
| Hsdl Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2024-10-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-09-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+21%
£9,545,000 £11,548,000
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Cash
+76.6%
£94,000 £166,000
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Net assets
+89%
£3,977,000 £7,516,000
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Employees
+8.2%
61 66
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Operating profit
+130%
-£600,000 £180,000
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Profit before tax
+104.2%
-£920,000 £39,000
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Wages
+13.5%
£3,795,000 £4,307,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers