118 THE AVENUE WIVENHOE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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05902992 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£4.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
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
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,159

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£951£2k£3k£4k£5kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£4.6k£3.5k
Current assets£4.8k£3.6k
Net assets£4.2k£3.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-03-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-12-02
    ➕
    STANDLEY, Kathleen Anne appointed
    director
  9. 2022-12-01
    ➖
    STIMSON, Antoinette resigned
    director
  10. 2022-09-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-29
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    MARTIN, Penelope Diana appointed
    director
  13. 2021-07-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-05-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-05-17
    ➕
    STANDLEY, Elizabeth Mary Louisa appointed
    director
  17. 2021-05-17
    ➖
    DOUBLE, Louise Hannah resigned
    director
  18. 2020-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-01-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2019-12-11
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    SCOTT, Janice Rosalind resigned
    director
  22. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2017-04-07
    ➖
    KERR, Clive Stewart resigned
    secretary
  25. 2016-09-20
    ➖
    CHURCHILL, Kathleen Ethel resigned
    director
  26. 2016-09-20
    ➕
    SCOTT, Janice Rosalind appointed
    director
  27. 2016-09-20
    ➕
    STIMSON, Antoinette appointed
    director
  28. 2012-02-02
    ➖
    SANSOM, Charles George resigned
    director
  29. 2011-02-02
    ➕
    DOUBLE, Louise Hannah appointed
    director
  30. 2010-08-15
    ➖
    WEBSTER, Jack Maurice resigned
    director
  31. 2009-09-14
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Tracey appointed
    director
  32. 2008-12-22
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Melanie, Dr resigned
    director
  33. 2006-08-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 118 THE AVENUE WIVENHOE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  34. 2006-08-11
    ➕
    KERR, Clive Stewart appointed
    secretary
  35. 2006-08-11
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2006-08-11
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2006-08-11
    ➕
    CHURCHILL, Kathleen Ethel appointed
    director
  38. 2006-08-11
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Melanie, Dr appointed
    director
  39. 2006-08-11
    ➕
    SANSOM, Charles George appointed
    director
  40. 2006-08-11
    ➕
    WEBSTER, Jack Maurice appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Incorporated2006-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 4 118 The Avenue
Wivenhoe
CO7 9PP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

LAWRENCE, Tracey→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Penelope Diana→
director · ~83y · appointed 2021-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANDLEY, Elizabeth Mary Louisa→
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANDLEY, Kathleen Anne→
director · ~79y · appointed 2022-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERR, Clive Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2017-04-07
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2006-08-11
Resigned
CHURCHILL, Kathleen Ethel→
director · ~103y · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2016-09-20
Resigned
DOUBLE, Louise Hannah→
director · ~52y · appointed 2011-02-02 · resigned 2021-05-17
Resigned
MITCHELL, Melanie, Dr→
director · ~49y · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2008-12-22
Resigned
SANSOM, Charles George→
director · ~107y · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2012-02-02
Resigned
SCOTT, Janice Rosalind→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-09-20 · resigned 2019-12-11
Resigned
STIMSON, Antoinette→
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-09-20 · resigned 2022-12-01
Resigned
WEBSTER, Jack Maurice→
director · ~105y · appointed 2006-08-11 · resigned 2010-08-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-21