ADVENTURE MOTOR VEHICLES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12190054 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-73.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £73,642
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£74k
↓ 246% YoY
Current Assets
£111k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-25.3k | £38.1k |
| Current assets | £111.2k | £111.3k |
| Net assets | £-73.6k | £-21.3k |
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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Seneca Trade Finance LTD
- 2024-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-06📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-09-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVENTURE MOTOR VEHICLES LIMITED
- 2019-09-04➕STUTTARD, Edward John appointeddirector
- 2019-09-04➕STUTTARD, Justine Emily appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Justine Emily Stuttard Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 04/09/2019 |
Mr Edward John Stuttard Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 04/09/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| ACM AUTOS LTD→ 14333626 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| AG AUTO SERVICES (MORECAMBE) LTD→ 14683410 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AG MOTORS (BARROW) LIMITED→ 11441052 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| AUTO EMPORIUM CUMBRIA LIMITED→ 14952344 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AUTODENT (CUMBRIA) LTD→ 08286750 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 05922870 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| AUTOPARTS (CUMBRIA) LIMITED→ 02579204 · est 1991 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112
Registered office
Unit 14a Keer Park
Warton Road
Carnforth
Lancashire
LA5 9FG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
STUTTARD, Edward John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2019-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STUTTARD, Justine Emily→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2019-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Seneca Trade Finance Seneca Trade Finance LTD | A registered charge | 9 properties | 24/02/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (26 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03