ARMAVEN (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06019239 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-05
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-03-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-03-20
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    SOTELO DIOS, Jose Antonio appointed
    director
  6. 2025-03-17
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    MARTINEZ, Fernando Juan Oya, Dr resigned
    director
  7. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-04
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2021-06-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2021-05-28
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    GONZALEZ, Diane Elaine appointed
    secretary
  15. 2021-05-28
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    SOUTO, Joseph resigned
    secretary
  16. 2020-08-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-06-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2020-06-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-11-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2006-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ARMAVEN (UK) LIMITED
  23. 2006-12-05
    ➕
    GUTIERREZ, Antonio Sotelo appointed
    director
  24. 2006-12-05
    ➕
    SOUTO, Joseph appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-12-05
    ➕
    MARTINEZ, Fernando Juan Oya, Dr appointed
    director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 19 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Armaven Sa is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Armaven Sa
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ARMAVEN (UK) LIMITED
This company · 06019239

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Armaven Sa
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Antonio Sotelo Gutierrez
Individual · Spanish · DOB 10/1947 · age 79
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Fernando Juan Oya Martinezceased 18/03/2025· board control

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
Incorporated2006-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

18 Glebelands
Buckfastleigh
TQ11 0BJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GONZALEZ, Diane Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2021-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUTIERREZ, Antonio Sotelo→
director · ~79y · appointed 2006-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOTELO DIOS, Jose Antonio→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOUTO, Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2021-05-28
Resigned
MARTINEZ, Fernando Juan Oya, Dr→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2025-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-06-04