AVELAND TREES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05025538 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-26
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£578.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £578,266

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£578k
Current Assets
£487k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£644.4k
Current assets£487.2k
Net assets£578.3k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-07
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2023-03-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2022-07-25
    ➕
    DORRINGTON, Sophie Victoria Grace appointed
    secretary
  11. 2022-07-25
    ➖
    DORRINGTON, Maria Aleksandra resigned
    secretary
  12. 2022-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-12-11
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  18. 2018-12-11
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    capital · SH01
  19. 2018-12-11
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  20. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    DORRINGTON, Joseph Nicholas appointed
    director
  21. 2004-03-02
    ➕
    DORRINGTON, Maria Aleksandra appointed
    director
  22. 2004-03-02
    ➕
    DORRINGTON, Nicholas Hugh appointed
    director
  23. 2004-03-02
    ➕
    DORRINGTON, Maria Aleksandra appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-01-29
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-01-29
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2004-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As AVELAND TREES LIMITED
  27. 2004-01-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-01-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Nicholas Dorrington
Individual · British · DOB 07/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control13/02/2018
Mr Nicholas Hugh Dorrington
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017
Mrs Maria Aleksandra Dorrington
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2004-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Yew Tree Cottage
Dunsby
Bourne Peterborough
Lincolnshire
PE10 0UB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

DORRINGTON, Sophie Victoria Grace→
secretary · appointed 2022-07-25
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Active
DORRINGTON, Joseph Nicholas→
director · ~42y · appointed 2013-04-01
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Active
DORRINGTON, Maria Aleksandra→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-03-02
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Active
DORRINGTON, Nicholas Hugh→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-03-02
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Active
DORRINGTON, Maria Aleksandra→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-02 · resigned 2022-07-25
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2004-01-29
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2004-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10