47 FIRST AVENUE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05576900 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-28
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.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-05-28
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  3. 2023-06-02
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  4. 2022-05-20
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  5. 2021-05-21
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  6. 2020-05-23
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  7. 2019-06-28
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  8. 2018-10-09
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2018-07-18
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    LOIZOU, Simon appointed
    director
  10. 2018-07-08
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    HOUSSEIN, Turker resigned
    director
  11. 2018-07-08
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-07-08
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  13. 2017-06-08
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  14. 2016-05-27
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  15. 2015-10-01
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  16. 2015-06-01
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  17. 2014-10-04
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  18. 2006-09-20
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    ANDREOU, Emilios appointed
    director
  19. 2005-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 47 FIRST AVENUE LIMITED
  20. 2005-09-28
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    ANDREOU, Emilios appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-09-28
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-09-28
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-09-28
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    HOUSSEIN, Turker appointed
    director
  24. 2005-09-28
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-09-28
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-09-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

47a First Avenue, Bush Hill Park
Enfield
Middlesex
EN1 1BN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ANDREOU, Emilios→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-28
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Active
ANDREOU, Emilios→
director · ~49y · appointed 2006-09-20
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Active
LOIZOU, Simon→
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-07-18
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-28 · resigned 2005-09-28
Resigned
HOUSSEIN, Turker→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-09-28 · resigned 2018-07-08
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-28 · resigned 2005-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-05
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accounts · AA
2025-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-06
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accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
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accounts · AA
2023-06-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
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2021-10-07
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accounts · AA
2021-05-21
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2020-09-30
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accounts · AA
2020-05-23
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2019-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-09