AV DEPARTMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC293624 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-24
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£58.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,252
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,939 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£58k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£39k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£31k£46k£62k£77kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£84.6k£117.1k
Current assets£38.7k£67.6k
Net assets£58.3k£77.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-09
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  3. 2023-12-11
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  4. 2023-02-04
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  5. 2021-12-28
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  6. 2021-06-01
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  7. 2021-06-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-17
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    officers · TM02
  10. 2020-04-01
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    KISBY, Judith resigned
    secretary
  11. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-18
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  13. 2017-12-20
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  14. 2016-12-29
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  15. 2016-01-05
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  16. 2015-12-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-01-01
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    KISBY, Judith appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-01-01
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    KISBY, Mark resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-09-08
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    MCLEAN, Shona resigned
    director
  20. 2009-09-08
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    MILLER, Hamish resigned
    director
  21. 2007-06-01
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    WELSH, Derek Collin appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AV DEPARTMENT LIMITED
  23. 2005-11-24
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    KISBY, Mark appointed
    director
  24. 2005-11-24
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    KISBY, Mark appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-11-24
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Shona appointed
    director
  26. 2005-11-24
    ➕
    MILLER, Hamish appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mr Mark Kisby
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/08/2016
Mr Derek Collin Welsh
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Judith Helen Kisbyceased 01/04/2020· 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
Incorporated2005-11-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 St. Davids Drive, St. Davids Business Park
Dalgety Bay
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 9PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

KISBY, Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-11-24
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Active
WELSH, Derek Collin→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-06-01
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Active
KISBY, Judith→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2020-04-01
Resigned
KISBY, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-24 · resigned 2010-01-01
Resigned
MCLEAN, Shona→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-11-24 · resigned 2009-09-08
Resigned
MILLER, Hamish→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-11-24 · resigned 2009-09-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-06-17