EVBL SME INVESTMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08901796 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2014-02-19
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
31 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-04
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2022-04-11
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-04-11
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-03-31
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    GLANFIELD, Martin James appointed
    director
  8. 2022-03-31
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    SIMPSON, Andrew John resigned
    director
  9. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-08-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-08-18
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    TABERNER, Paul Cameron appointed
    director
  13. 2021-08-18
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    DIGGINES, Jonathan Brett resigned
    director
  14. 2021-01-07
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  15. 2019-10-16
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  16. 2018-10-11
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  17. 2017-12-15
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  18. 2016-09-26
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  19. 2016-02-19
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  20. 2015-06-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  21. 2014-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As EVBL SME INVESTMENT LIMITED
  22. 2014-02-19
    ➕
    DIGGINES, Jonathan Brett appointed
    director
  23. 2014-02-19
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Andrew John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2014-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

Preston Technology Centre
Marsh Lane
Preston
PR1 8UQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GLANFIELD, Martin James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TABERNER, Paul Cameron→
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIGGINES, Jonathan Brett→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-02-19 · resigned 2021-08-18
Resigned
SIMPSON, Andrew John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-02-19 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge2 properties29/06/2015—
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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02