AVITO LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05946211 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-25
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
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 2 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-06-01➕FRANCE, Howard appointeddirector
- 2021-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2009-05-05➖CLARKE, Steven James resignedsecretary
- 2006-09-25🏢Company incorporatedAs AVITO LIMITED
- 2006-09-25➕FRANCE-RAFFENEAU, Andrew Christopher appointeddirector
- 2006-09-25➕CLARKE, Steven James appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew Christopher France-Raffeneau Individual · British · DOB 03/1985 · age 41 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities
Registered office
23 Hoadly Road
Cambridge
CB3 0HX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
FRANCE, Howard→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2021-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRANCE-RAFFENEAU, Andrew Christopher→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2006-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARKE, Steven James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-09-25 · resigned 2009-05-05
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Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26