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.
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 866 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.