AVI CEASE LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1 | £1 |
| Cash | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-dateannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-09-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2008-06-01➖MADELEY, Ian David resignedsecretary
- 2008-06-01➖MADELEY, Ian David resigneddirector
- 2007-06-11🏢Company incorporatedAs AVI CEASE LIMITED
- 2007-06-11➕RUSSELL, John Harold appointeddirector
- 2007-06-11➕MADELEY, Ian David appointedsecretary
- 2007-06-11➕MADELEY, Ian David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Harold Russell Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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