AVD COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04006894 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-02

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 23.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-07-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-06-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-06-10
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2003-07-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-06-02
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Company incorporated
As AVD COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED
2000-06-02
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BOORMAN, Shaila appointed
secretary
2000-06-02
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BOORMAN, Colin appointed
director
2000-06-02
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EASTMOND, Nuala Therese appointed
secretary
2000-06-02
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EASTMOND, Nuala Therese resigned
secretary
2000-06-02
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EASTMOND, Stephen Reginald appointed
director
2000-06-02
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EASTMOND, Stephen Reginald resigned
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 26 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Boorman Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2000-06-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46510 — Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software

Registered office

Frankforte Basingstoke Road

Three Mile Cross

Reading

Berkshire

RG7 1AS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-16

Last: 2026-06-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BOORMAN, Shaila→

secretary · appointed 2000-06-02

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Active

BOORMAN, Colin→

director · ~69y · appointed 2000-06-02

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Active

EASTMOND, Nuala Therese→

secretary · appointed 2000-06-02 · resigned 2000-06-02

Resigned

EASTMOND, Stephen Reginald→

director · ~77y · appointed 2000-06-02 · resigned 2000-06-02

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Deed of charge over credit balances	1 property	15/07/2003	—

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