AVID PEST CONTROL LTD

🌳Matureactive
04470375 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-26
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 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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, 2 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees800800

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-26
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2016-04-06
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    BROWN, Marc appointed
    director
  13. 2015-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-08-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-11-20
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    HUGHES, Selena appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-11-20
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    BROWN, Margaret resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-07-09
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    BROWN, Colin appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-09
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    BROWN, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-07-01
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2002-07-01
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  23. 2002-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As AVID PEST CONTROL LTD
  24. 2002-06-26
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-06-26
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Brown
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Office 1 Vanguard Business Centre Alperton Lane
Western Avenue
Greenford
Middlesex
UB6 8AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HUGHES, Selena→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-20
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Active
BROWN, Colin→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-07-09
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Active
BROWN, Marc→
director · ~28y · appointed 2016-04-06
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Active
BROWN, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2006-11-20
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2002-07-01
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2002-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
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accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-18