AVALON DESIGN LIGHTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05222870 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-06
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£25.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,166

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£25k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£25.2k£25.2k
Net assets£25.2k£25.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-21
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-08-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-08-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-30
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  9. 2022-09-30
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  10. 2021-09-30
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  11. 2020-09-30
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  12. 2019-06-28
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  13. 2018-06-29
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  14. 2017-06-30
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  15. 2016-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AVALON DESIGN LIGHTING LIMITED
  17. 2004-09-06
    ➕
    DEVONALD, David appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-09-06
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    DEVONALD, David appointed
    director
  19. 2004-09-06
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    DEVONALD, Simon appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Devonald
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
—25–50%25-50% voting06/09/2016
Mr Simon Devonald
Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47
—25–50%25-50% voting06/09/2016

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
Incorporated2004-09-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

30 North Street
Bourne
PE10 9AB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DEVONALD, David→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-06
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DEVONALD, David→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-09-06
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DEVONALD, Simon→
director · ~47y · appointed 2004-09-06
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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30