AVANTI APARTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03828510 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-19
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
71 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees22

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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  2. 2025-08-27
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  3. 2024-07-11
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  4. 2024-07-02
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  5. 2024-05-10
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  6. 2024-05-10
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  7. 2024-04-24
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  8. 2023-11-28
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  9. 2022-07-28
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  10. 2021-10-22
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  11. 2020-09-02
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  12. 2019-07-01
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  13. 2018-07-02
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  14. 2017-09-21
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  15. 2017-08-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2000-08-25
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    AKARSU, Necmettin appointed
    secretary
  17. 2000-08-25
    ➖
    BUTLER, Joan Barbara resigned
    secretary
  18. 2000-08-25
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    TOTTMAN, Debora resigned
    secretary
  19. 1999-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AVANTI APARTMENTS LIMITED
  20. 1999-08-19
    ➕
    AKARSU, Joan Barbara Lilian appointed
    director
  21. 1999-08-19
    ➕
    AKARSU, Necmettin appointed
    director
  22. 1999-08-19
    ➕
    BUTLER, Joan Barbara appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-08-19
    ➕
    TOTTMAN, Debora appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-08-19
    ➕
    WAYNE, Harold appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-08-19
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    WAYNE, Harold resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-08-19
    ➕
    WAYNE, Yvonne appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1999-08-19
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    WAYNE, Yvonne resigned
    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 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Joan Barbara Lilian Akarsu
Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Necmettin Akarsu
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/05/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Joan Barbara Lilian Akarsuceased 10/05/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Brookfield 11 Penshurst Close
Newbarn Longfield
Kent
DA3 7LN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-08-05
Last: 2026-07-22

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

AKARSU, Necmettin→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AKARSU, Joan Barbara Lilian→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AKARSU, Necmettin→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, Joan Barbara→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-19 · resigned 2000-08-25
Resigned
TOTTMAN, Debora→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-19 · resigned 2000-08-25
Resigned
WAYNE, Harold→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-08-19 · resigned 1999-08-19
Resigned
WAYNE, Yvonne→
nominee-director · ~46y · appointed 1999-08-19 · resigned 1999-08-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-22