AVOCET RT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04734914 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-15
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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year to Oct 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees200200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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  2. 2025-01-22
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  3. 2024-01-25
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  4. 2023-01-18
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  5. 2021-12-13
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  6. 2020-12-03
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  7. 2020-01-17
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  8. 2019-03-15
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  9. 2018-03-16
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  10. 2017-05-01
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  11. 2017-04-30
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  12. 2017-04-13
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  13. 2017-03-10
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    HILL, Yolanda, Dr appointed
    secretary
  14. 2016-10-31
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    HILL, Maryann resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-05-11
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  16. 2015-12-17
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  17. 2015-05-08
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  18. 2013-04-01
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    HILL, Oliver appointed
    director
  19. 2013-04-01
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    HOLDER, Stephen Martin resigned
    director
  20. 2003-05-01
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    HILL, Alan Keith appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-01
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    HILL, Maryann appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-05-01
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  23. 2003-05-01
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    HOLDER, Stephen Martin appointed
    director
  24. 2003-05-01
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  25. 2003-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AVOCET RT LIMITED
  26. 2003-04-15
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-04-15
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mr Oliver Hill
Individual · British · DOB 12/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Alan Keith Hill
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Berry Castle Cottage, Black Dog
Crediton
Devon
EX17 4QB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HILL, Yolanda, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2017-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Alan Keith→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Oliver→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Maryann→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2016-10-31
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-15 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned
HOLDER, Stephen Martin→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-15 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2026-04-23
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2026-01-14
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2025-04-16
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2025-01-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
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accounts · AA
2024-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
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accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
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accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
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accounts · AA
2020-12-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15
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accounts · AA
2020-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-16