AVENA INNOVATIONS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13206345 · ltd · incorporated 2021-02-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£44.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
21 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £44,273
Cash YoY
+3869%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£23k
↑ 3869% YoY
Net Worth
£44k
↑ 79% YoY
Current Assets
£481k
↑ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.19M | £2.26M |
| Current assets | £480.6k | £308.6k |
| Cash | £22.7k | £571 |
| Debtors | £457.9k | £308.0k |
| Net assets | £44.3k | £24.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 mortgage
Last 180 days
10
filings
- • 5 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 mortgage
- • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-03-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2026-03-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2026-03-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2026-03-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs AVENA INNOVATIONS LTD
- 2021-02-17➕CRAWSHAW, Kenny appointeddirector
- 2021-02-17➕DAVIS, David Graham appointeddirector
- 2021-02-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320
Registered office
Apex House
7 Rash Green
Dereham
Norfolk
NR19 1JG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CRAWSHAW, Kenny→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2021-02-17
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DAVIS, David Graham→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2021-02-17
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/03/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 27/03/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (21 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26