AVOK PUBLISHING LTD

💤Zombieactive
14036728 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-08
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
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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 (1 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
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees100-200

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-11-01
    SINCLAIR, Victoria Louise resigned
    director
  7. 2024-01-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-13
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2022-05-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2022-05-02
    SINCLAIR, Victoria Louise appointed
    director
  11. 2022-05-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-04-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AVOK PUBLISHING LTD
  13. 2022-04-08
    SINCLAIR, Kevin David appointed
    director
  14. 2022-04-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin David Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 02/1983 · age 43
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/04/2022
Mrs Victoria Louise Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
2550%
25-50% shares03/05/2022

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
Incorporated2022-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

6 6 Blossom Walk
West Park Quarter
Sunderland
SR2 7EP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SINCLAIR, Kevin David
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-04-08
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Active
SINCLAIR, Victoria Louise
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-05-02 · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-05-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-08