AVISTRON CHEMISTRY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07038998 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-13
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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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
41 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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2024-06-18
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  4. 2024-01-23
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  5. 2024-01-23
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  6. 2023-05-11
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  7. 2022-10-14
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  8. 2022-10-14
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  9. 2022-02-23
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  10. 2021-03-31
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  11. 2020-11-16
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  12. 2020-11-16
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  13. 2020-03-03
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  14. 2019-10-15
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  15. 2019-10-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-03-21
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  17. 2018-04-20
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  18. 2009-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AVISTRON CHEMISTRY SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2009-10-13
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    FOSTER, Julia Alexandra Helen, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2009-10-13
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    KANE, Peter Daniel, Dr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 75 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Julia Alexandra Foster
Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/06/2023
Mr Peter Kane
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590

Registered office

9 The Willows
Chilsworthy
Holsworthy
EX22 7BB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FOSTER, Julia Alexandra Helen, Dr→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-10-13
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Active
KANE, Peter Daniel, Dr.→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-10-13
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Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31