AVAWEB LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC266264 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-08

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£79.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £79,379

Net assets shrinking

Down £23,835 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£79k

↓ 23% YoY

Current Assets

£117k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£80.8k	£104.5k
Current assets	£117.1k	£118.3k
Net assets	£79.4k	£103.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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2024-12-17
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2023-08-21
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2022-12-01
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2021-12-07
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2020-10-02
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2019-09-19
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2018-12-04
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accounts · AA
2017-09-20
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accounts · AA
2016-09-26
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accounts · AA
2016-04-14
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-14
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2015-10-09
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2015-04-08
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2014-10-09
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2004-04-08
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Company incorporated
As AVAWEB LTD.
2004-04-08
➕
LANGLANDS, Maureen appointed
secretary
2004-04-08
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LANGLANDS, Gordon Crighton appointed
director
2004-04-08
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-08
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-08
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-04-08
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Maureen Langlands Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Gordon Crighton Langlands Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-04-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

4 Mill Lade Court

Auchterarder

Perthshire

PH3 1BD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-09

Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LANGLANDS, Maureen→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-08

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Active

LANGLANDS, Gordon Crighton→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-04-08

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-08 · resigned 2004-04-08

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-08 · resigned 2004-04-08

Resigned

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