ADVANCED VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05159969 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-22
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,013

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1k
↑ 101% YoY
Current Assets
£58k
↑ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£80k-£52k-£25k£3k£31k£58kJun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£13.2k£-57.5k
Current assets£58.4k£38.7k
Net assets£1.0k£-79.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-07-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-07-24
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  5. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-06-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-09-09
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    ELSBY, Sarah resigned
    director
  18. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    ELSBY, Sarah appointed
    director
  19. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    ELSBY, Sarah appointed
    director
  20. 2004-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  21. 2004-06-22
    ➕
    ELSBY, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-06-22
    ➕
    ELSBY, Robert Kenneth appointed
    director
  23. 2004-06-22
    ➕
    AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-06-22
    ➖
    AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-06-22
    ➕
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2004-06-22
    ➖
    AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Elsby
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/06/2016
Mr Robert Kenneth Elsby
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/06/2016

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
Incorporated2004-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

3 Landmark House
Wirral Park Road
Glastonbury
Somerset
BA6 9FR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ELSBY, Sarah Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELSBY, Robert Kenneth→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELSBY, Sarah→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-22 · resigned 2004-06-22
Resigned
ELSBY, Sarah→
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2010-09-09
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-22 · resigned 2004-06-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-25
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-06-21