A V PETERSON & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04178152 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-13

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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 Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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2025-05-27
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2024-06-10
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2023-05-11
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2022-08-17
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2021-11-30
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2021-03-18
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2020-12-07
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2019-11-12
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2018-11-07
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2017-11-15
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2001-03-13
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Company incorporated
As A V PETERSON & SONS LIMITED
2001-03-13
➕
PETERSON, Kathryn Vanda appointed
secretary
2001-03-13
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PETERSON, Andrew Martin appointed
director
2001-03-13
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PETERSON, Simon appointed
director
2001-03-13
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-13
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-03-13
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-03-13
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PETERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Martin Peterson Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Simon Peterson Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-03-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Turnpike Business Centre

Turnpike Road, Croesyceiliog

Cwmbran

Gwent

NP44 2AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-27

Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PETERSON, Kathryn Vanda→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-13

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Active

PETERSON, Andrew Martin→

director · ~61y · appointed 2001-03-13

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Active

PETERSON, Simon→

director · ~50y · appointed 2001-03-13

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-13 · resigned 2001-03-13

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-13 · resigned 2001-03-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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2025-05-27

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2025-03-20

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2024-06-10

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2024-03-13

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2023-05-10

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2023-03-16

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2022-08-17

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2022-03-17

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