V&V CONVENIENCE STORES LIMITED
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £151.2k | £105.7k |
| Current assets | £153.6k | £204.1k |
| Cash | £16.2k | — |
| Debtors | £117.4k | — |
| Net assets | £118.8k | £61.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-25➖STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-09-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-09-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-25📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-06-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-06-17➕GADDAM, Venkata Varun Sai Kumar appointeddirector
- 2019-06-17➕GADDAM, Venkata Surendra Babu appointeddirector
- 2019-06-17➖FORBES, Neil David resigneddirector
- 2019-06-17➖GARDNER, Ross Scott resigneddirector
- 2019-06-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-06-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-06-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-06-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-06-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-04-16🏢Company incorporatedAs V&V CONVENIENCE STORES LIMITED
- 2019-04-16➕STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-04-16➕FORBES, Neil David appointeddirector
- 2019-04-16➕GARDNER, Ross Scott appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Venkata Surendra Babu Gaddam Individual · Indian · DOB 07/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/06/2019 |
Mr Venkata Varun Sai Kumar Gaddam Individual · Indian · DOB 08/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/06/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
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