AVALON ASSESSMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06032010 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-12-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
63 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
£122k
Current Liabilities
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£0£24k£49k£73k£97k£122kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£232.4k—
Current assets£121.6k—
Debtors£52.3k—
Average employees—600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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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Last 90 days
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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-19
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    MORSE, Martyn Gareth resigned
    director
  4. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2020-11-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-11-13
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    DAVEY, Alan James resigned
    director
  11. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-08
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-23
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-01-16
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    DIXON, John appointed
    director
  18. 2016-12-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2016-04-18
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    PUGH, Owen Leslie resigned
    director
  20. 2010-07-05
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    FOOT, Andrew Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2009-04-20
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    DAVEY, Alan James appointed
    director
  22. 2009-04-20
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    FACEY, Frank Trevor resigned
    director
  23. 2009-04-20
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    PILE, William Brian resigned
    director
  24. 2008-04-21
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    ALDRIDGE, Paul Geoffrey appointed
    director
  25. 2008-04-21
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    HOUSE, David William John appointed
    director
  26. 2008-04-21
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    PUGH, Owen Leslie appointed
    director
  27. 2007-01-09
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    PILE, William Brian appointed
    director
  28. 2006-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AVALON ASSESSMENTS LIMITED
  29. 2006-12-18
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    CLEMENTS, Marshall Terence appointed
    secretary
  30. 2006-12-18
    ➕
    FACEY, Frank Trevor appointed
    director
  31. 2006-12-18
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    MORSE, Martyn Gareth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2006-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Rydings Farmhouse Rydings Farmhouse
Silver Street Wrington
Bristol
North Somerset
BS40 5QN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

CLEMENTS, Marshall Terence→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALDRIDGE, Paul Geoffrey→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIXON, John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOOT, Andrew Robert→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOUSE, David William John→
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVEY, Alan James→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2020-11-13
Resigned
FACEY, Frank Trevor→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2009-04-20
Resigned
MORSE, Martyn Gareth→
director · ~81y · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2025-04-19
Resigned
PILE, William Brian→
director · ~92y · appointed 2007-01-09 · resigned 2009-04-20
Resigned
PUGH, Owen Leslie→
director · ~90y · appointed 2008-04-21 · resigned 2016-04-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-11-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-21