A.V. BIRCH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04939909 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-22
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.82M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
89 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,824,297
Net assets shrinking
Down £63,047 YoY
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£454k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Net Worth
£1.8m
↓ 3.3% YoY
Current Assets
£2.2m
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£544k£1.1m£1.6m£2.2m£2.7mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.85M£1.96M
Current assets£2.18M£2.72M
Cash£454.0k£495.3k
Debtors£1.11M£1.39M
Net assets£1.82M£1.89M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 4 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 4 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-04-13
    ➕
    COLES, Martyn John appointed
    director
  6. 2026-04-12
    ➖
    HEYES, Scott John resigned
    director
  7. 2026-04-12
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Barry Tudor resigned
    director
  8. 2026-04-12
    ➖
    TILSLEY-CURTIS, David resigned
    director
  9. 2025-10-03
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  10. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-03-17
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    ROBERTS, Barry Tudor appointed
    director
  14. 2023-03-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2022-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-03-18
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    capital · SH08
  18. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-12-23
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2019-12-23
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  21. 2019-12-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-06-04
    ➖
    HALL, Geoffrey Charles resigned
    director
  24. 2014-12-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  25. 2012-07-09
    ➕
    HEYES, Scott John appointed
    director
  26. 2012-07-09
    ➕
    TILSLEY-CURTIS, David appointed
    director
  27. 2012-06-30
    ➖
    RITCHIE, Alan resigned
    director
  28. 2009-09-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  29. 2009-01-01
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Alan appointed
    director
  30. 2007-05-04
    ➖
    JONES, Robert Preston resigned
    director
  31. 2006-05-09
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  32. 2003-10-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.V. BIRCH LIMITED
  33. 2003-10-22
    ➕
    JONES, William Vincent appointed
    secretary
  34. 2003-10-22
    ➕
    CLARK, Graham John appointed
    director
  35. 2003-10-22
    ➕
    JONES, William Vincent appointed
    director
  36. 2003-10-22
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2003-10-22
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2003-10-22
    ➕
    HALL, Geoffrey Charles appointed
    director
  39. 2003-10-22
    ➕
    JONES, Robert Preston appointed
    director
  40. 2003-10-22
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 2003-10-22
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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

1 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HEYES, Scott John resigned 2026-04-12; ROBERTS, Barry Tudor resigned 2026-04-12; TILSLEY-CURTIS, David resigned 2026-04-12

Group structure

A V Birch (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A V Birch (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
A.V. BIRCH LIMITED
This company · 04939909

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A V Birch (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

Aldenham Business Park
Muckley Cross
Acton Round Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV16 4RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

JONES, William Vincent→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Graham John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLES, Martyn John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2026-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, William Vincent→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-22 · resigned 2003-10-22
Resigned
HALL, Geoffrey Charles→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-10-22 · resigned 2019-06-04
Resigned
HEYES, Scott John→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-07-09 · resigned 2026-04-12
Resigned
JONES, Robert Preston→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-10-22 · resigned 2007-05-04
Resigned
RITCHIE, Alan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-01-01 · resigned 2012-06-30
Resigned
ROBERTS, Barry Tudor→
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-03-17 · resigned 2026-04-12
Resigned
TILSLEY-CURTIS, David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-07-09 · resigned 2026-04-12
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-22 · resigned 2003-10-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—30/12/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/09/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property09/05/2006—
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Recent filings (89 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09