AVON METALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04135396 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-04

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£25.58M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 24100

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

24420SIC 24420
46720SIC 46720
46770SIC 46770

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -81% 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

1 live charge · oldest 25.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £25,575,488

Cash draining

Cash down 81% YoY

Cash YoY

-81%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3.2m

↓ 81% YoY

Net Worth

£26m

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£26m

↑ 3.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£25.94M	£23.23M
Current assets	£25.51M	£24.61M
Cash	£3.16M	£16.38M
Debtors	£19.86M	£5.53M
Net assets	£25.58M	£22.89M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2026-03-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-07
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officers · AP03
2025-03-07
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officers · TM02
2025-02-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-01
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BREWER, Philip John appointed
secretary
2025-02-01
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JONES, Robin John resigned
secretary
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-12
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-11-19
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accounts · AA
2021-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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officers · CH01
2020-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-10
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VERDON, James William resigned
director
2017-05-01
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LEWIS, Richard appointed
director
2017-05-01
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MCALISTER-MARTIN, Richard John appointed
director
2010-03-10
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MARTIN, Stephen John resigned
director
2010-03-09
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BREWER, Philip John appointed
director
2008-06-18
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REID, Joseph resigned
director
2006-04-01
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MUNNOCH, Steven Peter appointed
director
2006-04-01
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MARTIN, Stephen John appointed
director
2006-04-01
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VERDON, James William appointed
director
2006-03-31
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EVANS, David resigned
director
2005-03-29
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JONES, Neil William resigned
director
2001-02-14
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JONES, Robin John appointed
secretary
2001-02-14
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EVANS, David appointed
director
2001-02-14
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JONES, Neil William appointed
director
2001-02-14
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REID, Joseph appointed
director
2001-02-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2001-01-19
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REID, Walter appointed
director
2001-01-19
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FETTER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-01-19
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FETTER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-01-19
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-01-19
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2001-01-04
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Company incorporated
As AVON METALS LIMITED
2001-01-04
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-01-04
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

The Remet Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Remet Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AVON METALS LIMITED

This company · 04135396

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Remet Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/03/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Walter Reidceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares
The Remet Group Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2001-01-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC24100 — SIC 24100

Registered office

Ashville Road

Gloucester

Gloucestershire

GL2 5DA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-16

Last: 2026-01-02