AVA SKIP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04110446 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 25.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 400 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-02-15📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-02-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-02-15📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-01-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-01➕WADHAM, Alex appointeddirector
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2000-12-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2000-12-01➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-12-01➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-11-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AVA SKIP LIMITED
- 2000-11-20➕WADHAM, Mandy Joyce appointedsecretary
- 2000-11-20➕WADHAM, Leslie Robert appointeddirector
- 2000-11-20➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-11-20➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
26/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WADHAM, Alex (same surname) appointed 2022-02-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alex Wadham Individual · British · DOB 01/1998 · age 28 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 15/07/2022 |
Mrs Mandy Joyce Wadham Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Leslie Robert Wadham Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000
Registered office
Office 41, Yeovil Innovation Centre Barracks Close
Copse Road
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 8RN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WADHAM, Mandy Joyce→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-11-20
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WADHAM, Alex→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2022-02-01
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WADHAM, Leslie Robert→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2000-11-20
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-20 · resigned 2000-12-01
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-20 · resigned 2000-12-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 20/12/2000 | — |
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Recent filings (72 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-15
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-02-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-02-15
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31