AVENGER & SUNBEAM OWNERS CLUB LTD

🌳Matureactive
03597650 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-07-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 3 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-05-03
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  6. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  8. 2022-09-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-08-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-07-31
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    TIMSON, Mark Alan appointed
    director
  14. 2020-07-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-14
    ➕
    OLIVER, Ian Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-08-01
    ➖
    DAWSON, Ian George Edmund resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-08-01
    ➖
    JARVIS, Gordon Heron resigned
    director
  21. 2013-04-25
    ➕
    DAWSON, Ian George Edmund appointed
    secretary
  22. 2013-04-25
    ➖
    GERRARD, Ian resigned
    secretary
  23. 2011-02-01
    ➕
    GERRARD, Ian appointed
    secretary
  24. 2010-02-01
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Stephen Bernard resigned
    secretary
  25. 2006-10-09
    ➖
    ROBERTS, John David resigned
    secretary
  26. 2006-07-09
    ➕
    JARVIS, Gordon Heron appointed
    director
  27. 2006-01-09
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Stephen Bernard appointed
    secretary
  28. 2004-11-07
    ➕
    ROBERTS, John David appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-11-07
    ➖
    WILSON, Andrew James resigned
    secretary
  30. 1998-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AVENGER & SUNBEAM OWNERS CLUB LTD
  31. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    WOOD, Malcolm James appointed
    director
  32. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    WILSON, Andrew James appointed
    secretary
  33. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1998-07-14
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 1998-07-14
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Mr Mark Alan Timson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence04/05/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Malcolm James Woodceased 02/09/2022· 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1998-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

40 Stanbeck Meadows
Workington
Cumbria
CA14 3ND
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

OLIVER, Ian Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 2016-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TIMSON, Mark Alan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Malcolm James→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAWSON, Ian George Edmund→
secretary · appointed 2013-04-25 · resigned 2014-08-01
Resigned
GERRARD, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-01 · resigned 2013-04-25
Resigned
ROBERTS, John David→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-07 · resigned 2006-10-09
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Stephen Bernard→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-09 · resigned 2010-02-01
Resigned
WILSON, Andrew James→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-14 · resigned 2004-11-07
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-14 · resigned 1998-07-14
Resigned
JARVIS, Gordon Heron→
director · ~81y · appointed 2006-07-09 · resigned 2014-08-01
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-07-14 · resigned 1998-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-04
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-09-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07