AV8 LOGISTICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05693626 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-01
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£14.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
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 £14,127

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£14k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£11k£16k£22k£27kFeb 2024Feb 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£15.1k£15.0k
Current assets£23.7k£27.4k
Net assets£14.1k£13.6k

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-10-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-26
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-07-18
    ➖
    LASOYE, Joanne resigned
    secretary
  8. 2023-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-11-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-10-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-06
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2018-10-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2006-02-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AV8 LOGISTICS LIMITED
  20. 2006-02-01
    ➕
    LASOYE, Maroofdeen Agboola appointed
    director
  21. 2006-02-01
    ➕
    LASOYE, Joanne appointed
    secretary

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 20 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maroofdeen Agboola Lasoye
Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Joanne Lasoyeceased 06/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Similar companies

Active · Transport & logistics · LS postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A SLATER LOGISTICS LTD→
13135294 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ARC CARS LTD→
15128660 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
AT TRANSPORT SERVICES YORKSHIRE LTD→
08270445 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
————13y——
AVA LOGISTIC LTD→
14812231 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
AVADANEI REMOVALS LTD→
16858046 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
AVART LTD→
10655551 · est 2017
———1009y——
AVM COURIERS LTD→
16984765 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
AYA LOGISTICS UK LTD→
11910836 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————7y——
B.ANSBRO LTD→
17061308 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
B&D REMOVALS LTD→
16103773 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
B2E LIMITED→
06679102 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
————17y——
BAALPEOR DRIVERS LIMITED→
09214000 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
————11y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

C/O Sense Of Numbers Ltd Hq Pudsey, Radley House
Richardshaw Road
Pudsey
West Yorkshire
LS28 6LE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LASOYE, Maroofdeen Agboola→
director · ~52y · appointed 2006-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LASOYE, Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2024-07-18
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-12