A. & N. VEVERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01729952 · ltd · incorporated 1983-06-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13100
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
112 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-13
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  4. 2024-02-09
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  5. 2023-12-13
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  6. 2022-12-15
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  7. 2022-07-28
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  8. 2022-07-28
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  9. 2021-12-16
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  10. 2021-01-07
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  11. 2019-12-17
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  12. 2018-12-31
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  13. 2017-12-19
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  14. 2016-12-29
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  15. 2016-02-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2005-09-30
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    THORNBER, Terance David resigned
    director
  17. 2003-06-27
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    SMITH, Ian resigned
    director
  18. 2003-01-23
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    TURNER, Stephen Anthony resigned
    director
  19. 2003-01-16
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    TURNER, Stephen Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2001-04-04
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    MATTHEWS, Lesley Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-04-04
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    MATTHEWS, Victor Vincent appointed
    director
  22. 2001-04-04
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    KILGALLON, Ian David resigned
    secretary
  23. 2001-04-04
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    KILGALLON, Ian David resigned
    director
  24. 2001-04-04
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    SMITH, Ian appointed
    director
  25. 2001-04-04
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    SUTCLIFFE, Charles Wilfred David resigned
    director
  26. 2000-09-26
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    KILGALLON, Ian David appointed
    director
  27. 2000-03-31
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    PICKLES, James Anthony resigned
    director
  28. 1996-04-01
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    THORNBER, Terance David appointed
    director
  29. 1996-03-31
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    TURNER, Anthony Hugh Benson resigned
    director
  30. 1983-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As A. & N. VEVERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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.)

Group structure

Macart Textiles (Machinery) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Macart Textiles (Machinery) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A. & N. VEVERS LIMITED
This company · 01729952

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Macart Textiles (Machinery) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Victor Vincent Matthewsceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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
Incorporated1983-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13100 — SIC 13100

Registered office

Macart House
Farnham Road
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD7 3JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

MATTHEWS, Lesley Jane→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MATTHEWS, Victor Vincent→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KILGALLON, Ian David→
secretary · resigned 2001-04-04
Resigned
KILGALLON, Ian David→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-09-26 · resigned 2001-04-04
Resigned
PICKLES, James Anthony→
director · ~86y · resigned 2000-03-31
Resigned
SMITH, Ian→
director · ~77y · appointed 2001-04-04 · resigned 2003-06-27
Resigned
SUTCLIFFE, Charles Wilfred David→
director · ~90y · resigned 2001-04-04
Resigned
THORNBER, Terance David→
director · ~82y · appointed 1996-04-01 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
TURNER, Anthony Hugh Benson→
director · ~89y · resigned 1996-03-31
Resigned
TURNER, Stephen Anthony→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-07