AVENUE FOUR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08336343 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-19
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£66.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
36 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £66,533
Net assets shrinking
Down £30,295 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£67k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£99k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£34k£69k£103k£137k£172kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£78.4k£121.1k
Current assets£99.3k£171.5k
Net assets£66.5k£96.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-28
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  3. 2024-03-14
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  4. 2022-12-29
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  5. 2022-03-26
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  6. 2021-02-26
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  7. 2019-12-30
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  8. 2019-01-31
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  9. 2018-11-11
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    address · AD01
  10. 2017-12-31
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  11. 2017-08-02
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2016-12-29
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  13. 2015-10-12
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  14. 2015-08-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-02-01
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    HOLLAND, Nigel John appointed
    director
  16. 2013-02-01
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    HOOD, Shaun James appointed
    director
  17. 2012-12-20
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    DOOGAN, Daniel Richard appointed
    director
  18. 2012-12-20
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    JOHN, Ceri Richard resigned
    director
  19. 2012-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AVENUE FOUR LIMITED
  20. 2012-12-19
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    JOHN, Ceri Richard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

56 Willow Street Willow Street
Oswestry
SY11 1AD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DOOGAN, Daniel Richard→
director · ~33y · appointed 2012-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLLAND, Nigel John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOOD, Shaun James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHN, Ceri Richard→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-12-19 · resigned 2012-12-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-31