ARVONIA COACHES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
02752976 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 33.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 33.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees11001000

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-09-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-02-19
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    STOKES, Sion Arfon appointed
    director
  12. 2019-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2017-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 1998-02-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 1992-12-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 1992-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ARVONIA COACHES LTD.
  20. 1992-10-05
    ➕
    STOKES, Rhiannon appointed
    secretary
  21. 1992-10-05
    ➕
    STOKES, Marcus Paul appointed
    director
  22. 1992-10-05
    ➕
    STOKES, Rhiannon appointed
    director
  23. 1992-10-05
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1992-10-05
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    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rhiannon Stokes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/08/2016

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
Incorporated1992-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

The Square
Llanrug
Gwynedd
LL55 4AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

STOKES, Rhiannon→
secretary · appointed 1992-10-05
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Active
STOKES, Marcus Paul→
director · ~76y · appointed 1992-10-05
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Active
STOKES, Rhiannon→
director · ~77y · appointed 1992-10-05
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Active
STOKES, Sion Arfon→
director · ~45y · appointed 2020-02-19
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Active
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-10-05 · resigned 1992-10-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge2 properties17/02/1998—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property17/12/1992—
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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-24