AVENUE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05964254 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-11
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-18
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    THOMPSON, Jasmine Eloise appointed
    director
  7. 2021-06-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-06-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-11-29
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    SMITH, Michael Andrew resigned
    director
  10. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-05-04
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    address · AD01
  15. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-07-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2016-07-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
  19. 2009-08-01
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    TW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AVENUE SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2006-10-11
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Debra Jayne appointed
    director
  22. 2006-10-11
    ➕
    TW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-10-11
    ➕
    SMITH, Michael Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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 Michael Andrew Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Debra Jayne Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

7 Glencarnock Close
Glencarnock Close
Torquay
TQ1 4DQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

THOMPSON, Debra Jayne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Jasmine Eloise→
director · ~30y · appointed 2021-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-11 · resigned 2009-08-01
Resigned
SMITH, Michael Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-10-11 · resigned 2020-11-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Shawbrook
Shawbrook Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property13/07/2016—
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Recent filings (50 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-15