AUDIO LOGISTICS VA LTD.

🌳Matureactive

04011310 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-09

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26309

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-06-12
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2024-09-03
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2023-09-14
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2022-09-14
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2021-08-14
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2020-08-19
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2019-09-06
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2018-09-17
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2017-09-19
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2016-09-20
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accounts · AA
2016-07-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-17
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accounts · AA
2015-07-21
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-08-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-08-11
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address · AD01
2002-12-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-11-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2001-01-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-11-21
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SMITH, Stephanie Anne appointed
secretary
2000-11-21
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BINKS, Stephen appointed
director
2000-11-21
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SMITH, Anthony Clifford appointed
director
2000-11-21
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CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-21
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COWAN, Judy Rosalie resigned
director
2000-06-09
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Company incorporated
As AUDIO LOGISTICS VA LTD.
2000-06-09
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CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-09
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COWAN, Judy Rosalie appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony Clifford Smith Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-06-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26309 — SIC 26309

Registered office

39 Horatio Street

Sunderland

SR6 0NJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-23

Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Stephanie Anne→

secretary · appointed 2000-11-21

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Active

BINKS, Stephen→

director · ~65y · appointed 2000-11-21

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Active

SMITH, Anthony Clifford→

director · ~59y · appointed 2000-11-21

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Active

CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-09 · resigned 2000-11-21

Resigned

COWAN, Judy Rosalie→

director · ~87y · appointed 2000-06-09 · resigned 2000-11-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	15/11/2002	—
	satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	14/01/2001	24/12/2002

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