5TH AVENUE CLOTHING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08871336 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-31
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£728.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14190
Sector: Manufacturing
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 (79/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £728,278
Net assets shrinking
Down £77,266 YoY
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£131k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£728k
↓ 9.6% YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↑ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£403k£806k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£880.8k£1.03M
Current assets£2.01M£1.31M
Cash£130.6k£179.4k
Debtors£1.23M£811.3k
Net assets£728.3k£805.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2022-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2021-06-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-03-13
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  12. 2021-03-13
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  13. 2021-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-16
    ESA, Yusuf Mahomed Mussa resigned
    director
  15. 2020-07-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-07-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-07-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-07-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2014-01-31
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    Company incorporated
    As 5TH AVENUE CLOTHING LIMITED
  20. 2014-01-31
    ESA, Saajid Yakub appointed
    director
  21. 2014-01-31
    ESA, Yusuf Mahomed Mussa appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Caliber Investments Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Caliber Investments Limited
Corporate parent
5TH AVENUE CLOTHING LIMITED
This company · 08871336

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Caliber Investments Limited
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence01/04/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Saajid Yakub Esaceased 01/04/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190

Registered office

27-28 Charter Street
Leicester
LE1 3UD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ESA, Saajid Yakub
director · ~36y · appointed 2014-01-31
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Active
ESA, Yusuf Mahomed Mussa
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-01-31 · resigned 2020-07-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-06-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-21