AVB COMMERCIALS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06734426 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£811.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.4 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £811,579
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£463k
Net Worth
£812k
Current Assets
£1.1m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £900.6k | — |
| Current assets | £1.07M | — |
| Cash | £463.1k | — |
| Debtors | £609.7k | — |
| Net assets | £811.6k | — |
| Average employees | — | 1300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-07-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-20➖BURTON, Alan resigneddirector
- 2021-11-20➖GUNSTONE, Nathan resigneddirector
- 2021-01-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-04-01➕BURTON, Hayley Anne appointeddirector
- 2016-04-01➕BURTON, Alan appointeddirector
- 2016-04-01➕GUNSTONE, Nathan appointeddirector
- 2016-01-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2008-10-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AVB COMMERCIALS LIMITED
- 2008-10-27➕BURTON, Hayley Anne appointedsecretary
- 2008-10-27➕BURTON, Alan Vacey appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Vacey Burton Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Hayley Anne Burton Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
First Floor 5 High Street
Westbury-On-Trym
Bristol
BS9 3BY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BURTON, Hayley Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-10-27
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BURTON, Alan Vacey→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2008-10-27
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BURTON, Hayley Anne→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2016-04-01
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BURTON, Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2021-11-20
GUNSTONE, Nathan→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2021-11-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 12/01/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-07-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15