AVANTGARDE DESIGN5 LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12854513 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-03
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£-70.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £70,629
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£71k
↓ 8.6% YoY
Current Assets
£391k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-69.9k | £-61.9k |
| Current assets | £390.6k | £310.0k |
| Net assets | £-70.6k | £-65.0k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-09-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AVANTGARDE DESIGN5 LTD
- 2020-09-03➕IOANNOU, Harry Thomas appointeddirector
- 2020-09-03➕IOANNOU, June appointeddirector
- 2020-09-03📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 June Ioannou Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 03/09/2020 |
Mr Harry Thomas Ioannou Individual · British · DOB 07/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 03/09/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-09-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Registered office
14 Pride Hill
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1DQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
IOANNOU, Harry Thomas→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2020-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
IOANNOU, June→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2020-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (14 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-09-03