AVALON METALS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03232713 · ltd · incorporated 1996-08-01
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£15.34M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -56% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.5y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
88 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £15,343,476
Net assets shrinking
Down £440,496 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 56% YoY
Cash YoY
-56%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.4m
↓ 56% YoY
Net Worth
£15m
↓ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£19m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £17.05M | £16.79M |
| Current assets | £19.15M | £16.78M |
| Cash | £1.42M | £3.24M |
| Debtors | £12.75M | £10.10M |
| Net assets | £15.34M | £15.78M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2025-05-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-01➕EDWARDS, Leigh John appointeddirector
- 2025-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-08📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-02-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 1997-11-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1996-11-30➕HOWELL, Susan Anne appointedsecretary
- 1996-11-30➕HOWELL, Susan Anne appointeddirector
- 1996-08-02➕HOWELL, Andrew Rhys appointeddirector
- 1996-08-02➖CREDITREFORM LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-08-02➖CREDITREFORM (ENGLAND) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1996-08-01🏢Company incorporatedAs AVALON METALS LIMITED
- 1996-08-01➕CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-08-01➕CREDITREFORM (ENGLAND) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Susan Anne Howell Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2016 |
Mr Andrew Rhys Howell Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210
Registered office
Lloyd George House
Fordshill Road
Rotherwas Ind Estate Hereford
Herefordshire
HR2 6NS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
HOWELL, Susan Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 1996-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EDWARDS, Leigh John→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2025-05-01
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HOWELL, Andrew Rhys→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1996-08-02
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HOWELL, Susan Anne→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1996-11-30
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-08-01 · resigned 1996-08-02
CREDITREFORM (ENGLAND) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-08-01 · resigned 1996-08-02
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 11/11/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 14/11/1997 | — |
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Recent filings (88 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-02-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02