AVA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD

💤Zombieactive
13358149 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-26
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£50.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 5.0y

35/100
under pressure

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

  • · Charge age ~5.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £50,069
Cash draining
Cash down 66% YoY
Cash YoY
-66%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 66% YoY
Net Worth
£50k
↑ 5.5% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£50kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£618.7k£615.5k
Current assets£3.2k£7.7k
Cash£2.3k£6.7k
Debtors£956£1.0k
Net assets£50.1k£47.5k

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-29
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2021-09-24
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Charter Court Financial Services Limited Trading as Precise Mortgages
  8. 2021-08-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-08-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Charter Court Financial Services Limited Trading as Precise Mortgages
  10. 2021-07-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-07-09
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Charter Court Financial Services Limited Trading as Precise Mortgages
  12. 2021-04-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AVA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD
  13. 2021-04-26
    LORD, Giles Richard appointed
    director
  14. 2021-04-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mr Giles Richard Lord
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/04/2021

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Unit 2a Railway Triangle Industrial Estate
Dorchester
DT1 2PJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LORD, Giles Richard
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-04-26
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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Precise Mortgages
Charter Court Financial Services Limited Trading as Precise Mortgages
A registered charge1 property24/09/2021
outstanding
Precise Mortgages
Charter Court Financial Services Limited Trading as Precise Mortgages
A registered charge1 property12/08/2021
outstanding
Precise Mortgages
Charter Court Financial Services Limited Trading as Precise Mortgages
A registered charge1 property09/07/2021
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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-07-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-04-26