AUDIO VISUAL COMMODITY LTD

💤Zombieactive
04819666 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-03
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27510
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 6 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · oldest 21.3y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-23
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-07-27
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  5. 2021-07-28
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  6. 2020-07-27
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  7. 2019-07-28
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  8. 2018-07-19
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  9. 2017-07-28
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  10. 2016-11-03
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2016-10-31
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  12. 2016-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  13. 2015-08-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-30
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  15. 2014-07-30
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  16. 2012-07-23
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2010-10-15
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2010-07-29
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2010-07-29
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2010-06-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2009-04-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 2005-04-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 2004-01-01
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    SWAMPILLAI, Joe Niranjan appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-01-01
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    WICKS, David Jeremy resigned
    secretary
  25. 2004-01-01
    ➖
    WICKS, Tanya resigned
    director
  26. 2003-10-01
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    WICKS, David Jeremy appointed
    director
  27. 2003-10-01
    ➕
    WICKS, David Jeremy appointed
    secretary
  28. 2003-10-01
    ➕
    WICKS, Tanya appointed
    director
  29. 2003-07-08
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-07-08
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2003-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AUDIO VISUAL COMMODITY LTD
  32. 2003-07-03
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-07-03
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 low
8 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeremy David Wicks
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
75–100%
—75-100% shares09/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27510 — SIC 27510

Registered office

6 Barncroft Close
Highwoods
Colchester
Essex
CO4 9SF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-17
Last: 2026-07-03

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SWAMPILLAI, Joe Niranjan→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WICKS, David Jeremy→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WICKS, David Jeremy→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2004-01-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2003-07-08
Resigned
WICKS, Tanya→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2004-01-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-03 · resigned 2003-07-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
8
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/10/2016—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property23/07/2012—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property15/10/2010—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property29/07/2010—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property29/07/2010—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/06/2010—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property22/04/2009—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property08/04/2005—
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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
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accounts · AA
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-08