ADVANCED VEHICLE LEASING (STOCKTON) LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05019374 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-19
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
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£777.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial leasing
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.3 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £777,808
Cash draining
Cash down 68% YoY
Cash YoY
-68%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£113k
↓ 68% YoY
Net Worth
£778k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.9m
↑ 94% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £766.9k | £743.9k |
| Current assets | £1.87M | £960.7k |
| Cash | £113.5k | £352.3k |
| Debtors | £1.75M | £608.4k |
| Net assets | £777.8k | £754.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-14📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-04-14🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-02-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Iwoca Skye Finance LTD
- 2020-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-08-03➕BEAGRIE, Clarke Stuart appointedsecretary
- 2014-08-03➖BARNES, John Howard resignedsecretary
- 2004-01-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED VEHICLE LEASING (STOCKTON) LIMITED
- 2004-01-19➕BEAGRIE, Stuart Wallace appointeddirector
- 2004-01-19➕BARNES, John Howard appointedsecretary
- 2004-01-19➕THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-01-19➖THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-01-19➕THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-01-19➖THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stuart Wallace Beagrie Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 19/01/2017 |
Mr Clarke Stuart Beagrie Individual · British · DOB 06/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/07/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64910 — Financial leasing
Registered office
10 Barton Road
Riverside Park
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS2 1RY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BEAGRIE, Clarke Stuart→
Activesecretary · appointed 2014-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BEAGRIE, Stuart Wallace→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2004-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARNES, John Howard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2014-08-03
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2004-01-19
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-19 · resigned 2004-01-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | iwoca Iwoca Skye Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 23/02/2021 | 14/04/2022 |
Recent filings (59 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-02-25