A V C SHINEBRIGHT LTD

🌳Matureactive
05155160 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£9k£18k£27k£36k£45kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£10.4k
Current assets—£45.0k
Net assets—£547
Average employees500—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-03
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-19
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-13
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2004-06-18
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    FELTON, Angela Louise appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-06-18
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    FELTON, Angela Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2004-06-18
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    FELTON, Philip Raymond appointed
    director
  20. 2004-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A V C SHINEBRIGHT LTD
  21. 2004-06-16
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-06-16
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  23. 2004-06-16
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-06-16
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 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.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-30

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Phillip Raymond Felton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/06/2016
Mrs Angela Louise Felton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/06/2016

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
Incorporated2004-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

Poplar Farm
Bagber
Sturminster Newton
DT10 2HS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FELTON, Angela Louise→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FELTON, Angela Louise→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FELTON, Philip Raymond→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-16 · resigned 2004-06-16
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-16 · resigned 2004-06-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2019-07-03