ANVIC PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03760960 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-28
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees600500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 1999-05-06
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    CATOR, Richard Alan appointed
    secretary
  17. 1999-05-06
    ➕
    CATOR, Lucille Amanda appointed
    director
  18. 1999-05-06
    ➕
    CATOR, Richard Alan appointed
    director
  19. 1999-05-06
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1999-05-06
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1999-05-06
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1999-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ANVIC PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
  23. 1999-04-28
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-04-28
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-04-28
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 66. 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Mrs Lucille Amanda Cator
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Richard Alan Cator
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Norfolk House
22-24 Market Place
Swaffham
Norfolk
PE37 7QH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CATOR, Richard Alan→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-06
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Active
CATOR, Lucille Amanda→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-05-06
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Active
CATOR, Richard Alan→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-05-06
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-05-06
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-05-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-06-07