AVID HIFI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05435528 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-26

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

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£181.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 27510

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46439SIC 46439

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 9.2y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £181,527

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,109 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 47% YoY

Cash YoY

-47%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£140k

↓ 47% YoY

Net Worth

£182k

↓ 3.3% YoY

Current Assets

£227k

↓ 35% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£209.5k	£236.6k
Current assets	£227.4k	£350.2k
Cash	£140.0k	£263.6k
Debtors	£48.9k	£42.7k
Net assets	£181.5k	£187.6k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-07-28
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2026-05-08
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2026-05-08
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2025-12-01
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2024-07-15
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2024-06-20
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2023-09-07
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2022-07-15
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2021-08-10
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accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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accounts · AA
2020-05-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-08-31
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2018-11-15
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2017-10-06
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2017-06-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2017-05-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2012-02-03
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MAS, Sharon Jane appointed
director
2005-04-26
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Company incorporated
As AVID HIFI LIMITED
2005-04-26
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MAS, Sharon Jane appointed
secretary
2005-04-26
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MAS, Conrad appointed
director
2005-04-26
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-04-26
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-04-26
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-04-26
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 65. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Conrad Mas Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	01/04/2017
Mrs Sharon Jane Mas Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/05/2020

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

Incorporated2005-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC27510 — SIC 27510

Registered office

1 Kym Road

Bicton Industrial Park, Kimbolton

Huntingdon

Cambridgeshire

PE28 0LW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-15

Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MAS, Sharon Jane→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-26

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Active

MAS, Conrad→

director · ~65y · appointed 2005-04-26

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Active

MAS, Sharon Jane→

director · ~61y · appointed 2012-02-03

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Active

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-26 · resigned 2005-04-26

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-26 · resigned 2005-04-26

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/06/2017	—
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	02/05/2017	—

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-05-08

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-05-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-15

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AAMD

2024-06-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-07-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-08-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-04