AVMED LTD.

💤Zombieactive
03478046 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-10
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    BROWN, Valerie Ann Mitchell resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-10
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-12-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  10. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  11. 2018-12-29
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  12. 2017-12-27
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  13. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  14. 2015-12-31
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  15. 2015-12-30
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  16. 2015-03-18
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    accounts · AA
  17. 1997-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AVMED LTD.
  18. 1997-12-09
    ➕
    BROWN, Simon Robert, Dr appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-12-09
    ➕
    BROWN, Simon Robert, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 1997-12-09
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-12-09
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-12-09
    ➕
    BROWN, Valerie Ann Mitchell appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Simon Robert Brown
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Valerie Ann Mitchell Brownceased 10/12/2025· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1997-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

6 Raven Close
Sandbach
Cheshire
CW11 1SF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Simon Robert, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-09
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Active
BROWN, Simon Robert, Dr→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-12-09
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-09 · resigned 1997-12-09
Resigned
BROWN, Valerie Ann Mitchell→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-12-09 · resigned 2025-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09