AVONDALE WINDOW SYSTEMS LIMITED

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SC246505 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-26
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2019-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-03-27
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    SMITH, Stella appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-03-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Michael Dennis appointed
    director
  18. 2003-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As AVONDALE WINDOW SYSTEMS LIMITED
  19. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-03-26
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    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-03-26
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    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-03-26
    ➖
    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-03-26
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Michael Dennis Smith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Stella Smith
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

33 Kittoch Street
East Kilbride
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G74 4JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Stella→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Michael Dennis→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-03-27
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Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-26 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-08