A & S KARAVADRA LIMITED

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06193316 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£325
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -43% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.6y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £325
Net assets shrinking
Down £38,427 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 43% YoY
Cash YoY
-43%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£68k
↓ 43% YoY
Net Worth
£325
↓ 99% YoY
Current Assets
£112k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£32k£65k£97k£129k£161kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£325£38.8k
Current assets£112.1k£161.4k
Cash£68.1k£119.0k
Debtors£4.3k£2.3k
Net assets£325£38.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-04-18
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  5. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-04-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-03-02
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2022-02-01
    ➕
    KESHWALA, Priya appointed
    director
  13. 2022-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-05-26
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    KARAVADRA, Atul resigned
    director
  19. 2017-11-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2014-12-01
    ➕
    KARAVADRA, Saya appointed
    director
  21. 2014-12-01
    ➕
    KARAVADRA, Vickram Jeet appointed
    director
  22. 2007-03-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A & S KARAVADRA LIMITED
  23. 2007-03-30
    ➕
    KARAVADRA, Smita Rona appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-03-30
    ➕
    KARAVADRA, Smita Rona appointed
    director
  25. 2007-03-30
    ➕
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-03-30
    ➖
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-03-30
    ➕
    KARAVADRA, Atul appointed
    director
  28. 2007-03-30
    ➕
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2007-03-30
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KARAVADRA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Smita Rona Karavadra
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/04/2024

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
Incorporated2007-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Artisans House
7 Queensbridge
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN4 7BF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

KARAVADRA, Smita Rona→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KARAVADRA, Saya→
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KARAVADRA, Smita Rona→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KARAVADRA, Vickram Jeet→
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KESHWALA, Priya→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-30 · resigned 2007-03-30
Resigned
KARAVADRA, Atul→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-03-30 · resigned 2018-05-26
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-30 · resigned 2007-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/11/2017—
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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-18
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-13