AVENUE PRINTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02663669 · ltd · incorporated 1991-11-18
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.
🔒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
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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 (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-10-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2017-10-10
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    capital · SH08
  14. 2017-10-10
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  15. 2016-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-03-28
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    EVANS, Paul appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-03-28
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    HARRISON, Kenneth Malcolm resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-03-28
    ➖
    HARRISON, Kenneth Malcolm resigned
    director
  19. 1999-07-01
    ➕
    EVANS, Paul appointed
    director
  20. 1993-10-21
    ➖
    EWENCE, Vandra Joy resigned
    secretary
  21. 1993-10-21
    ➕
    HARRISON, Kenneth Malcolm appointed
    secretary
  22. 1993-10-21
    ➖
    EWENCE, Vandra Joy resigned
    director
  23. 1993-10-21
    ➕
    HARRISON, Kenneth Malcolm appointed
    director
  24. 1991-12-18
    ➕
    EWENCE, Vandra Joy appointed
    secretary
  25. 1991-12-17
    ➖
    OWEN, Edward resigned
    secretary
  26. 1991-12-17
    ➕
    EWENCE, Vandra Joy appointed
    director
  27. 1991-12-16
    ➕
    OWEN, Jonathan appointed
    director
  28. 1991-12-16
    ➕
    OWEN, Edward appointed
    secretary
  29. 1991-12-16
    ➖
    WAYNE, Harold resigned
    nominee-secretary
  30. 1991-12-16
    ➖
    WAYNE, Yvonne resigned
    nominee-director
  31. 1991-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AVENUE PRINTING LIMITED
  32. 1991-11-18
    ➕
    WAYNE, Harold appointed
    nominee-secretary
  33. 1991-11-18
    ➕
    WAYNE, Yvonne appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Owen
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/10/2016
Mr Paul Evans
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/10/2016

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
Incorporated1991-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

1 Suffolk Way
Sevenoaks
TN13 1YL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

EVANS, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-28
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Active
EVANS, Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OWEN, Jonathan→
director · ~61y · appointed 1991-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EWENCE, Vandra Joy→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-18 · resigned 1993-10-21
Resigned
HARRISON, Kenneth Malcolm→
secretary · appointed 1993-10-21 · resigned 2003-03-28
Resigned
OWEN, Edward→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-16 · resigned 1991-12-17
Resigned
WAYNE, Harold→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-11-18 · resigned 1991-12-16
Resigned
EWENCE, Vandra Joy→
director · ~58y · appointed 1991-12-17 · resigned 1993-10-21
Resigned
HARRISON, Kenneth Malcolm→
director · ~72y · appointed 1993-10-21 · resigned 2003-03-28
Resigned
WAYNE, Yvonne→
nominee-director · ~46y · appointed 1991-11-18 · resigned 1991-12-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-21