AVELEY ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04609722 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-05
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 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 6 | 600 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-23📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-01-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-15➕MOODY, Richard John appointeddirector
- 2025-01-15➖HOUSLEY, Ashley resignedsecretary
- 2025-01-15➖HOUSLEY, Ashley resigneddirector
- 2024-10-23📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-10-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-21📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-10-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-05-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2006-12-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2006-10-20➕HOUSLEY, Ashley appointedsecretary
- 2006-10-20➖MPB SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-10-20➕HOUSLEY, Ashley appointeddirector
- 2002-12-06➕CULF, David appointeddirector
- 2002-12-06➖HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-12-06➖HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-12-05🏢Company incorporatedAs AVELEY ENGINEERING LIMITED
- 2002-12-05➕HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-12-05➕MPB SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-12-05➕HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Culf Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69 | 50–75% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Richard John Moody Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/03/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ashley Housleyceased 18/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Finchwell Close
Handsworth
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S13 9DF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
Active
MOODY, Richard John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOUSLEY, Ashley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-10-20 · resigned 2025-01-15
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-05 · resigned 2002-12-06
MPB SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2002-12-05 · resigned 2006-10-20
HOUSLEY, Ashley→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2006-10-20 · resigned 2025-01-15
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-05 · resigned 2002-12-06
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | All assets debenture | 1 property | 18/12/2006 | 25/05/2021 |
Recent filings (75 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-01-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-23
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-10-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29