AGE UK DEVON TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07908392 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-13

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-08
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KIPLING, Janet resigned
director
2025-12-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
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officers · AP01
2025-01-28
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HARRIS, Zoe appointed
director
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-30
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KIPLING, Janet appointed
director
2023-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-15
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ELLIS, Michael appointed
director
2022-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-08
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DELAHUNTY, Lisa resigned
director
2022-02-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-26
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SMITH, Kate appointed
director
2021-08-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-21
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MASON, Nick resigned
director
2021-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-21
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ALDIS, Helen Mary appointed
director
2021-04-21
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AUSTIN, Robert Francis appointed
director
2021-04-21
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ONYETT, Lynn Marie appointed
director
2021-04-21
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DELAHUNTY, Lisa appointed
director
2021-04-21
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MASON, Nick appointed
director
2021-04-21
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MICHAELSON, Elizabeth resigned
director
2016-09-14
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HARDING, Maria Lucilla resigned
director
2016-09-13
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MICHAELSON, Elizabeth appointed
director
2014-01-08
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DAVENPORT, Alison Mary resigned
director
2014-01-08
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FLETCHER, Colin Robert resigned
director
2014-01-08
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HARDING, Maria Lucilla appointed
director
2013-03-27
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FLETCHER, Colin Robert appointed
director
2012-08-24
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OVENS, Ann Caroline resigned
director
2012-01-13
🏢
Company incorporated
As AGE UK DEVON TRADING LIMITED
2012-01-13
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DAVENPORT, Alison Mary appointed
director
2012-01-13
➕
OVENS, Ann Caroline appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-01-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

Unit 1 Manaton Court

Matford Business Park

Exeter

Devon

EX2 8PF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-19

Last: 2025-12-05