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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £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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£0£55k£110k£164k£219k£274kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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  2. 2024-10-09
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  3. 2023-06-28
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  4. 2022-06-07
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  5. 2021-06-10
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  6. 2020-06-29
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  7. 2019-11-13
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  8. 2019-11-13
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  9. 2019-11-13
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  10. 2019-11-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-05-22
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  12. 2019-05-07
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  13. 2019-04-04
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  14. 2019-02-27
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  15. 2019-02-26
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  16. 2019-02-26
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  17. 2019-02-25
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  18. 2019-02-25
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    capital · SH06
  19. 2019-02-01
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    FRASER, Mark Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2019-02-01
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Neil Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2019-02-01
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    RAMSAY, James Alexander resigned
    secretary
  22. 2019-02-01
    ➖
    RAMSAY, James Alexander resigned
    director
  23. 2019-02-01
    ➖
    RAMSAY, Pamela Sinclair resigned
    director
  24. 2008-01-14
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    BALLANTYNE REID & CO LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-01-11
    ➕
    RAMSAY, James Alexander appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-10-15
    ➖
    AFM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-10-15
    ➕
    BALLANTYNE REID & CO LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2001-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AVENUE STORES LIMITED
  29. 2001-10-29
    ➕
    AFM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-10-29
    ➕
    RAMSAY, James Alexander appointed
    director
  31. 2001-10-29
    ➕
    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 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Robert Fraser
Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/02/2019
Mr Neil Alexander Ramsay
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/02/2019
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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSAY, Neil Alexander→
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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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Recent filings (78 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-23
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2025-10-29
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2024-11-15
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accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-11-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-11-13