AVENUE STORES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC224704 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-29

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£239.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £239,338

Cash YoY

+26%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£222k

↑ 26% YoY

Net Worth

£239k

↑ 6.8% YoY

Current Assets

£274k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£261.2k	£243.5k
Current assets	£273.9k	£223.9k
Cash	£221.5k	£175.7k
Debtors	£4.5k	£3.0k
Net assets	£239.3k	£224.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts · AA
2022-06-07
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accounts · AA
2021-06-10
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accounts · AA
2020-06-29
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accounts · AA
2019-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-11-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-05-22
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accounts · AA
2019-05-07
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accounts · AA01
2019-04-04
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officers · CH01
2019-02-27
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officers · TM01
2019-02-26
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officers · TM01
2019-02-26
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officers · TM02
2019-02-25
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officers · AP01
2019-02-25
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capital · SH06
2019-02-01
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FRASER, Mark Robert appointed
director
2019-02-01
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RAMSAY, Neil Alexander appointed
director
2019-02-01
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RAMSAY, James Alexander resigned
secretary
2019-02-01
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RAMSAY, James Alexander resigned
director
2019-02-01
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RAMSAY, Pamela Sinclair resigned
director
2008-01-14
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BALLANTYNE REID & CO LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-01-11
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RAMSAY, James Alexander appointed
secretary
2002-10-15
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AFM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-15
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BALLANTYNE REID & CO LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-10-29
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Company incorporated
As AVENUE STORES LIMITED
2001-10-29
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AFM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-29
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RAMSAY, James Alexander appointed
director
2001-10-29
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RAMSAY, Pamela Sinclair appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Robert Fraser Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/02/2019
Mr Neil Alexander Ramsay Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/02/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr James Alexander Ramsayceased 31/01/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Pamela Sinclair Ramsayceased 31/01/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2001-10-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

36 Blackford Avenue

Edinburgh

EH9 2PP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

FRASER, Mark Robert→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-02-01

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Active

RAMSAY, Neil Alexander→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-02-01

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Active

RAMSAY, James Alexander→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-11 · resigned 2019-02-01

Resigned

AFM REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-29 · resigned 2002-10-15

Resigned

BALLANTYNE REID & CO LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-10-15 · resigned 2008-01-14

Resigned

RAMSAY, James Alexander→

director · ~73y · appointed 2001-10-29 · resigned 2019-02-01

Resigned

RAMSAY, Pamela Sinclair→

director · ~73y · appointed 2001-10-29 · resigned 2019-02-01

Resigned

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