A-VERT FIRE RISK & MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive

05801704 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-02

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£-1.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 81100

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,421

High leverage

Liabilities are 100% of total assets

Leverage

100%

Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£1k

↓ 260% YoY

Current Assets

£521

↓ 67% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£955	£1.6k
Current assets	£521	£1.6k
Net assets	£-1.4k	£-395

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-11-18
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accounts · AA
2025-03-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-06
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-12
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officers · CH03
2015-11-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2015-05-23
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2006-05-02
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Company incorporated
As A-VERT FIRE RISK & MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD
2006-05-02
➕
DIXON, Carole Anne appointed
secretary
2006-05-02
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DIXON, John Philip appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 20 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-05-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

16 Burnside, Parbold

Wigan

Lancs

WN8 7PD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-03

Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DIXON, Carole Anne→

secretary · appointed 2006-05-02

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Active

DIXON, John Philip→

director · ~74y · appointed 2006-05-02

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Active

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