AVALONS HIVE LTD

🌱Startupactive
16491472 · ltd · incorporated 2025-06-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
  • 86900Other human health activities
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
    ASHWORTH, Katherine resigned
    director
  2. 2026-03-25
    PLANT, Briony Alison resigned
    director
  3. 2026-03-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-06-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-06-23
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2025-06-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AVALONS HIVE LTD
  8. 2025-06-03
    BRUGGEMAN, Julie appointed
    director
  9. 2025-06-03
    WOOD, Sally appointed
    director
  10. 2025-06-03
    ASHWORTH, Katherine appointed
    director
  11. 2025-06-03
    PLANT, Briony Alison appointed
    director
  12. 2025-06-03
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ASHWORTH, Katherine resigned 2026-03-25; PLANT, Briony Alison resigned 2026-03-25

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Sally Wood
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
sig. influencesignificant influence19/06/2025

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-06-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

1 Monarch Way
Glastonbury
BA6 9DP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last:

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BRUGGEMAN, Julie
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-06-03
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Active
WOOD, Sally
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-06-03
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Active
ASHWORTH, Katherine
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-06-03 · resigned 2026-03-25
Resigned
PLANT, Briony Alison
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-06-03 · resigned 2026-03-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-23
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-06-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-06-03