AV CONSULTANCY LTD

💤Zombieactive
09501376 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-20
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
£75.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Risk and damage evaluation
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70221Financial management
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £75,654

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£76k
Current Assets
£320k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£80.2k
Current assets£320.3k
Net assets£75.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  2. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AV CONSULTANCY LTD
  14. 2015-03-20
    VENTURA, Maria Amelia appointed
    director
  15. 2015-03-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Maria Amelia Ventura
Individual · Portuguese · DOB 09/1951 · age 75
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting07/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66210 — Risk and damage evaluation

Registered office

3 Linacre Road
London
NW2 5BD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

VENTURA, Maria Amelia
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-03-20
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-10