AVOCA HOME TECHNICAL TEXTILES LIMITED

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04651209 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 23.1y

15/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£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 employees181800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
    ➖
    CARTWRIGHT, Alan resigned
    director
  2. 2026-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-19
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-09-23
    ➕
    EASTON, Stephen David appointed
    director
  7. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2023-09-28
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  10. 2023-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-15
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2022-08-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2022-08-02
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Joanne appointed
    secretary
  15. 2022-08-02
    ➖
    HUNT, Lorraine resigned
    secretary
  16. 2021-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-06-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  21. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  22. 2013-05-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2011-09-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 2008-02-27
    ➖
    CHARMER, Beverley resigned
    secretary
  25. 2008-02-27
    ➕
    HUNT, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  26. 2008-02-27
    ➖
    CHARMER, Beverley resigned
    director
  27. 2007-05-24
    ➖
    CLARKE, Raymond Anthony resigned
    director
  28. 2007-02-03
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 2006-04-01
    ➕
    CLARKE, Raymond Anthony appointed
    director
  30. 2005-09-12
    ➖
    GRIMSHAW, Thomas resigned
    director
  31. 2005-01-19
    ➕
    CHARMER, Beverley appointed
    director
  32. 2004-10-15
    ➖
    LOCKWOOD, Ian Robert resigned
    director
  33. 2003-09-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Surrey Asset Finance LTD
  34. 2003-05-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Euro Sales Finance PLC
  35. 2003-02-01
    ➕
    CHARMER, Beverley appointed
    secretary
  36. 2003-02-01
    ➕
    CARTWRIGHT, Alan appointed
    director
  37. 2003-02-01
    ➕
    GRIMSHAW, Thomas appointed
    director
  38. 2003-02-01
    ➕
    LOCKWOOD, Ian Robert appointed
    director
  39. 2003-01-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AVOCA HOME TECHNICAL TEXTILES LIMITED
  40. 2003-01-29
    ➕
    UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  41. 2003-01-29
    ➖
    UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  42. 2003-01-29
    ➕
    UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  43. 2003-01-29
    ➖
    UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-01-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Surender Singh Kandhari
Individual · Indian · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Jasjeev Singh Kandhari
Individual · Indian · DOB 10/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13990 — SIC 13990

Registered office

Parkway 4
Longbridge Road,
Trafford Park
Manchester
M17 1SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

SIMPSON, Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2022-08-02
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Active
EASTON, Stephen David→
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARMER, Beverley→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-01 · resigned 2008-02-27
Resigned
HUNT, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-27 · resigned 2022-08-02
Resigned
UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-01-29 · resigned 2003-01-29
Resigned
CARTWRIGHT, Alan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-02-01 · resigned 2026-01-29
Resigned
CHARMER, Beverley→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-01-19 · resigned 2008-02-27
Resigned
CLARKE, Raymond Anthony→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-04-01 · resigned 2007-05-24
Resigned
GRIMSHAW, Thomas→
director · ~81y · appointed 2003-02-01 · resigned 2005-09-12
Resigned
LOCKWOOD, Ian Robert→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-02-01 · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned
UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-01-29 · resigned 2003-01-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—28/09/2023—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Fixed & floating charge1 property06/09/2011—
satisfied
Surrey Asset Finance
Surrey Asset Finance LTD
Legal charge1 property10/09/200303/02/2007
satisfied
Euro Sales Finance
Euro Sales Finance PLC
Debenture1 property29/05/200323/05/2013
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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-08-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07