AVANTI BROADBAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-08 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-25
Watchouts
Cash
£828K
+16.5% vs 2022
Net assets
-£18M
-16.8% vs 2022
Employees
0
-100% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£2M
+17.1% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
There can, however, be no certainty that the Plate Newco 3 Limited Group, and the holders of the primary debt facility of Avanti Group, the Super Senior Facility ("SSF"), will continue to extend their support, and renewal of existing facilities, beyond the forecast period or that if the forecasts are not substantially achieved, additional financial support from HPS, the shareholder, is made available. These matters represent a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- AVANTI BROADBAND LIMITED 2006-03-14 → present
- AMBA BROADBAND LIMITED 2005-09-05 → 2006-03-14
- AVANTI BROADBAND LIMITED 2004-01-29 → 2005-09-05
- AMBA BROADBAND LIMITED 2001-01-05 → 2004-01-29
- RURAL INTERNET ACCESS LTD 2000-03-29 → 2001-01-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,109,711 | £28,054,114 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,465,530 | -£1,945,145 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,945,886 | -£2,443,291 | |
| Net profit | -£2,945,886 | -£2,618,977 | |
| Cash | £710,897 | £828,021 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£15,633,062 | -£18,252,039 | |
| Net assets | -£15,633,062 | -£18,252,039 | |
| Equity | -£15,633,062 | -£18,252,039 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -14.4% | -6.9% | |
| Net margin | -12.2% | -9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.2% | 10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 264.7% | 491.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.23x | 0.11x | |
| Interest cover | — | -3.52x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“There can, however, be no certainty that the Plate Newco 3 Limited Group, and the holders of the primary debt facility of Avanti Group, the Super Senior Facility ("SSF"), will continue to extend their support, and renewal of existing facilities, beyond the forecast period or that if the forecasts are not substantially achieved, additional financial support from HPS, the shareholder, is made available. These matters represent a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- AVANTI BROADBAND LIMITED · parent
- Avanti Communications Marketing Services Limited 100%
- Avanti Broadband (Ire) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 April 2024, the Super Senior Facility holder exercised a call option over the equity shares in an intermediate holding company of the Group, Plate Newco 3 Limited, which resulted in the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Plate Newco 3 Limited by Plate New Topco Limited, a company wholly owned and controlled by the Super Senior Facility holder.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHELDON-HILL, Bridget | Secretary | 2021-08-12 | — | — |
| PLEWS, Robert | Director | 2020-05-26 | Jul 1977 | English |
| SHELDON-HILL, Bridget Lynn | Director | 2020-05-26 | Oct 1973 | South African |
| WHITEHILL, Kyle David | Director | 2019-03-20 | Oct 1962 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEVERLEY, William | Secretary | 2020-02-12 | 2021-08-12 |
| EDWARDS, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2000-03-29 | 2000-07-11 |
| FOX, Nigel Adrian Dawson | Secretary | 2007-06-29 | 2013-03-07 |
| MITCHELL, Natalie | Secretary | 2018-09-28 | 2020-02-12 |
| WILLCOCKS, Desmond | Secretary | 2000-07-11 | 2002-09-10 |
| WILLCOCKS, Patrick | Secretary | 2018-06-30 | 2018-09-28 |
| WILLCOCKS, Patrick | Secretary | 2013-03-07 | 2018-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, David John | Secretary | 2002-09-10 | 2007-06-29 |
| UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-03-29 | 2000-03-29 |
| BESTWICK, David James | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2018-06-30 |
| BESTWICK, David James | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2010-10-08 |
| FOX, Nigel Adrian Dawson | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2020-05-26 |
| MITCHELL, Natalie | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2019-09-24 |
| O'CONNOR, Matthew John | Director | 2010-10-08 | 2016-03-31 |
| ROSA, Luiz Henrique Soares | Director | 2022-10-24 | 2023-10-24 |
| WILLCOCKS, Desmond | Director | 2000-08-30 | 2002-09-10 |
| WILLCOCKS, Patrick | Director | 2018-06-30 | 2018-09-28 |
| WILLIAMS, David John | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2017-08-10 |
| UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-03-29 | 2000-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avanti Communications Infrastructure Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-04-09 | Active |
| Mr David James Bestwick | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-09 |
| Mr Nigel Adrian Dawson Fox | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-09 |
| Mr David John Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-10-15 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-08 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-20 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-25 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+16.4%
£24,109,711 £28,054,114
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Cash
+16.5%
£710,897 £828,021
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Net assets
-16.8%
-£15,633,062 -£18,252,039
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Employees
-100%
6 0
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Operating profit
+43.9%
-£3,465,530 -£1,945,145
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Profit before tax
+17.1%
-£2,945,886 -£2,443,291
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers