AVON VALLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06637109 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.6y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,679,129
Cash YoY
+1021%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£45k
↑ 1021% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£100k
↑ 165% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.12M | £1.66M |
| Current assets | £99.8k | £37.6k |
| Cash | £44.8k | £4.0k |
| Debtors | £55.0k | £33.6k |
| Net assets | £1.68M | £1.56M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-03-01🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2022-10-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-19🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2022-09-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-09-20🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2022-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-09-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-09-13📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-07-12➖LECOUNT, Peter Francis resignedsecretary
- 2021-07-12➖CLEMO, David resigneddirector
- 2021-07-12➖LECOUNT, Peter Francis resigneddirector
- 2021-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-23📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-11-23🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2020-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-11-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-11-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-11-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-10-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-17🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2016-03-29🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2013-06-13🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2008-12-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2008-11-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2008-07-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AVON VALLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2008-07-03➕BRAMMALL, Christopher Simon appointeddirector
- 2008-07-03➕LECOUNT, Peter Francis appointedsecretary
- 2008-07-03➕CLEMO, David appointeddirector
- 2008-07-03➕LECOUNT, Peter Francis appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Wylye Valley Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Wylye Valley Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AVON VALLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 06637109
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wylye Valley Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 15/11/2019 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Peter Francis Lecountceased 15/11/2019· 25-50% shares
- Mr Christopher Simon Brammallceased 15/11/2019· 25-50% shares
- Mr David Clemoceased 15/11/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
King Street
Wilton
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 0AY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
BRAMMALL, Christopher Simon→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2008-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LECOUNT, Peter Francis→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-07-03 · resigned 2021-07-12
CLEMO, David→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 2008-07-03 · resigned 2021-07-12
LECOUNT, Peter Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2008-07-03 · resigned 2021-07-12
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Mortgages & charges
6
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/09/2022 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/10/2019 | 19/10/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 29/03/2016 | 01/03/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/06/2013 | 23/11/2020 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 10/12/2008 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture deed | 1 property | 25/11/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (66 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-13