AVENRIDGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC379470 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£74.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 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
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £74,355
Net assets shrinking
Down £73,189 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£74k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£30k£59k£89k£118k£148kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£74.4k£147.5k
Current assets£43.6k£126.7k
Net assets£74.4k£147.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-22
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  13. 2015-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-06-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-06-07
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    MCKELLAR, Isobel appointed
    director
  18. 2010-06-07
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    MCKELLAR, Samuel appointed
    director
  19. 2010-06-07
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2010-06-07
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  21. 2010-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As AVENRIDGE LIMITED
  22. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-06-01
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Samuel Mckellar
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Isobel Mckellar
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-06-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Knockbreck Street
Tain
IV19 1BJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last: 2025-05-30

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MCKELLAR, Isobel→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKELLAR, Samuel→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-06-01 · resigned 2010-06-07
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-06-01 · resigned 2010-06-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-10