AVER CORPORATE ADVISORY SERVICES LTD.

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SC362121 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-03
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.43M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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 (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,434,202
Cash YoY
+123%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£138k
↑ 123% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↓ 1.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£333k£667k£1.0m£1.3m£1.7mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.44M£1.36M
Current assets£1.65M£1.67M
Cash£138.0k£61.8k
Debtors£142.2k£276.9k
Net assets£1.43M£1.35M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-24
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  3. 2024-04-16
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  4. 2024-03-12
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    address · AD01
  5. 2024-02-20
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  6. 2024-02-20
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
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  12. 2024-02-02
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  13. 2024-01-18
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  14. 2023-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-04-12
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  16. 2021-04-29
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  17. 2020-05-01
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  18. 2019-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-07-31
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    BUTLER, Philip George resigned
    director
  20. 2009-10-01
    ➕
    CLEGHORN, Elizabeth Helen appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-10-01
    ➕
    BUTLER, Philip George appointed
    director
  22. 2009-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AVER CORPORATE ADVISORY SERVICES LTD.
  23. 2009-07-03
    ➕
    CLEGHORN, William Thomson Mercer appointed
    director
  24. 2009-07-03
    ➕
    PORTER, Emma Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  25. 2009-07-03
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2009-07-03
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2009-07-03
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  28. 2009-07-03
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
William Thomson Mercer Cleghorn
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Emma Sarah Louise Porter
Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
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
Incorporated2009-07-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Caledonian Exchange
19a Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8HE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CLEGHORN, Elizabeth Helen→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLEGHORN, William Thomson Mercer→
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTER, Emma Sarah Louise→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-07-03 · resigned 2009-07-03
Resigned
BUTLER, Philip George→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-10-01 · resigned 2013-07-31
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-07-03 · resigned 2009-07-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-20
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2024-02-02
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2024-02-02
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