AQUATIC ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Company number SC123734 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Aquatic Engineering & Construction Limited operates as a subsidiary within the Acteon Group, a significant private equity-backed subsea services provider, positioned in the specialist niche of the offshore engineering market rather than competing with tier-one EPCI contractors. The company benefits from 34 years of North Sea operating history, group-level financial and technical resources, and strategic proximity to key UKCS infrastructure, though it faces vulnerabilities common to PE-owned subsidiaries including leverage risk, strategic dependency on group decision-making, and cyclical exposure to offshore energy capital expenditure. The evolving North Sea landscape—spanning late-life asset management, decommissioning, and energy transition—presents both opportunity and existential challenge for a business whose core capabilities remain anchored in traditional offshore energy markets.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-03-15
- Registered office
- Cairnton Road, Boyndie, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB45 2LR
- Postcode
- AB45 2LR
- Capital
- 3 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-25
- Next due by
- 2027-04-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 71129 Other engineering activities
Officers 3 current · 19 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by MOTIVE BIDCO LIMITED — since 2024-09-09
Controlled by BANK OF SCOTLAND (B G S) NOMINEES LIMITED — since 2017-03-16
Controlled by ACTEON GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2023-12-31) as part of the ACTEON GROUP LIMITED group statement — 4 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB684926 (Tier 2), registered since 2024.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Political donations 1
£2,000 in registered political donations since 2005.
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Scottish National Party (SNP)
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.aquatic.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LEDGE TWENTYFOUR LIMITED | 1990-08-22 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| INVESTMENT HOUSE, 6 UNION ROW, ABERDEEN, AB10 1DQ | 2008-11-11 |
| JOHNSTONE HOUSE, 52-54 ROSE STREET, ABERDEEN, AB10 1UD | 2006-12-20 |
| PALMERSTON CENTRE, 29/31 PALMERSTON ROAD, ABERDEEN, AB11 5QP | 2006-07-27 |
| 17/18 GOLDEN SQUARE, ABERDEEN, AB9 8NY | 1990-11-27 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 863 similar companies in AB, trading since 1990
The class of 1990
27%
of the 212 companies in this sector incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 72% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.