AVON VALLEY COTTAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03082499 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1995-07-21

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£4.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (8 active, 32 linked, 26 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

135 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,428

Net assets shrinking

Down £836 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£4.4k	£5.3k
Current assets	£4.4k	£5.3k
Net assets	£4.4k	£5.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand

2026-01-03
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2025-11-03
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2025-10-31
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MAYS, Neville Hugh resigned
director
2025-03-23
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2024-02-23
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2023-11-05
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2023-11-05
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2023-04-11
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2022-11-29
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address · AD01
2022-11-05
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2022-07-13
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2021-10-12
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2020-10-21
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2020-10-20
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2020-10-15
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LAIDLER, Rodney John resigned
director
2020-09-12
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DUNSFORD, Sarah appointed
director
2020-09-12
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officers · AP01
2020-01-12
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HAYES, Sarah appointed
director
2020-01-12
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officers · AP01
2019-10-30
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2019-10-16
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VOADEN, Claire Suzanne resigned
director
2019-10-15
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2018-10-23
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WALKUP, Sarah Lesley appointed
director
2018-10-22
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GIBBS, Jane Catherine resigned
director
2018-02-11
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LAIDLER, Rodney John appointed
director
2017-03-21
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WATT, Carol Vernon resigned
director
2015-12-09
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WATSON BROUSSON, Rosamond Clare appointed
director
2015-07-14
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GIBBS, Jane Catherine appointed
director
2015-07-01
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FISHER, Sally appointed
director
2015-06-23
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MORLAND, Bruce Jonathan resigned
director
2015-06-23
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MORRIS, David William Alessandro resigned
director
2013-01-26
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WATT, Carol Vernon resigned
secretary
2012-08-09
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BROWN, Anna Victoria appointed
director
2012-05-21
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STUCHFIELD, Philip resigned
director
2009-06-26
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CONSTABLE, Georgina resigned
director
2009-06-26
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MORLAND, Bruce Jonathan appointed
director
2005-01-31
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CONSTABLE, Georgina resigned
secretary
2005-01-30
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WATT, Carol Vernon appointed
secretary
2005-01-01
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TOONE, Susan Hornby appointed
director
2004-12-22
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DAVIS-BERRY, Rosalind Jane resigned
director
2004-07-31
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STUCHFIELD, Philip appointed
director
2004-04-30
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MORRIS, David William Alessandro appointed
director
2004-04-05
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STIRLING, Christiaan Graham resigned
director
2004-04-05
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WATT, Carol Vernon appointed
director
2002-11-09
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CONSTABLE, Georgina appointed
secretary
2002-11-09
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DAVIS-BERRY, Rosalind Jane resigned
secretary
2002-05-24
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DAY, Katie resigned
director
2001-07-15
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DAY, Katie appointed
director
2001-07-15
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LAIT, David William resigned
director
1999-08-27
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BURGESS, Kenneth Harold resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1995-07-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

9 Avon Valley Cottages

Aveton Gifford

Kingsbridge

Devon

TQ7 4LE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-21

Last: 2026-07-07