AVESTIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

10226036 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-10

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22290

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	300	300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
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BALUE, Gavin William resigned
director
2023-04-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-29
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HOUGHTON, David Jonathan appointed
director
2023-02-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-12
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-08-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-10
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BALUE, Shane Keith resigned
director
2022-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-03
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REED, Christine Louise appointed
director
2022-02-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-10
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MARKS, Andrew appointed
director
2020-06-10
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BALUE, Shane Keith appointed
director
2019-01-21
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SEDGEMORE, Julie Marina resigned
director
2016-06-10
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Company incorporated
As AVESTIN LIMITED
2016-06-10
➕
BALUE, Gavin William appointed
director
2016-06-10
➕
SEDGEMORE, Julie Marina 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 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-23

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr. Andrew Steven Marks Individual · British · DOB 05/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	03/02/2022
Miss Christine Louise Reed Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	03/02/2022

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Gavin William Balueceased 19/02/2022· 25-50% shares
Mr Shane Keith Balueceased 10/06/2020· 25-50% shares
Ms Julie Marina Sedgemoreceased 10/06/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-06-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Queens House

42-44 New Street

Honiton

Devon

EX14 1BJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-23OVERDUE

Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HOUGHTON, David Jonathan→

director · ~72y · appointed 2023-04-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MARKS, Andrew→

director · ~48y · appointed 2020-06-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

REED, Christine Louise→

director · ~44y · appointed 2022-02-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BALUE, Gavin William→

director · ~50y · appointed 2016-06-10 · resigned 2023-05-10

Resigned

BALUE, Shane Keith→

director · ~49y · appointed 2020-06-10 · resigned 2022-07-10

Resigned

SEDGEMORE, Julie Marina→

director · ~64y · appointed 2016-06-10 · resigned 2019-01-21

Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-09

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-17

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-07-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-30

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-04-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-02-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-02-07

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AAMD

2022-10-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-08-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-27