ANVILLE SENSORS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04302730 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-11
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets—£631
Current assets—£12.0k
Cash—£4.3k
Debtors—£7.7k
Net assets—£631
Average employees200—

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-07-30
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  4. 2022-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-29
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  9. 2018-07-31
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  10. 2017-05-22
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  11. 2016-09-09
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-05-16
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  13. 2015-10-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-10-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ANVILLE SENSORS LTD
  17. 2001-10-11
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    SMITH, Jean Lilian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-10-11
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    SMITH, Jean Lilian appointed
    director
  19. 2001-10-11
    ➕
    SMITH, Philip John appointed
    director
  20. 2001-10-11
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-10-11
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-10-11
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-10-11
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jean Lilian Smith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/10/2016
Mr Philip John Smith
Individual · British · DOB 08/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/10/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Rookery House Grove Farm
Crookham Village
Fleet
Hampshire
GU51 5RX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Jean Lilian→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-11
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Active
SMITH, Jean Lilian→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-10-11
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Active
SMITH, Philip John→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-10-11
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-11 · resigned 2001-10-11
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-11 · resigned 2001-10-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
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accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-29