AVSD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC308848 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-20
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£759.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

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Refinance opportunity

14 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 19.5y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £758,982
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,479 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 44% YoY
Cash YoY
-44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£759k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£29k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£153k£306k£459k£612k£765kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£1.17M£1.22M
Current assets£29.3k£59.8k
Cash£6.1k£10.9k
Debtors£23.2k£48.9k
Net assets£759.0k£765.5k

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
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 (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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  2. 2025-06-25
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  3. 2024-09-11
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  4. 2024-01-11
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  5. 2023-06-30
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  6. 2022-08-31
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  7. 2022-08-24
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  8. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-18
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-20
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  11. 2019-06-04
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  12. 2019-05-09
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  13. 2019-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-03-25
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  16. 2018-02-02
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  17. 2017-06-23
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  18. 2017-02-02
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: The Royal Bank PLC
  19. 2015-12-25
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2015-02-24
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2014-10-31
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    Charge satisfied #10
  22. 2012-04-06
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  23. 2011-04-28
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    Charge satisfied #6
  24. 2011-04-28
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    Charge satisfied #5
  25. 2011-04-28
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    Charge satisfied #4
  26. 2011-03-18
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  27. 2011-03-18
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  28. 2011-03-18
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  29. 2010-09-20
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    DHILLON, Baljit Kaur resigned
    secretary
  30. 2010-09-20
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    DHILLOW, Harkirat Singh resigned
    director
  31. 2009-03-27
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  32. 2009-03-27
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  33. 2009-03-27
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  34. 2009-02-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  35. 2008-10-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  36. 2006-11-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  37. 2006-09-28
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    DHILLON, Amrit Veerinder Singh appointed
    director
  38. 2006-09-28
    ➕
    DHILLON, Baljit Kaur appointed
    secretary
  39. 2006-09-28
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    DHILLOW, Harkirat Singh appointed
    director
  40. 2006-09-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AVSD LIMITED
  41. 2006-09-20
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 2006-09-20
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 2006-09-20
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  44. 2006-09-20
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  45. 2006-09-20
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  46. 2006-09-20
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 med · 1 low
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

10 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Amrit Veerinder Singh Dhillon
Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting20/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-09-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

6 Portdownie
Falkirk
FK1 4QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

DHILLON, Amrit Veerinder Singh→
director · ~43y · appointed 2006-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DHILLON, Baljit Kaur→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2010-09-20
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-20 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned
DHILLOW, Harkirat Singh→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2010-09-20
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-20 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-20 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

14
Total charges
10
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:14 of 14 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property24/08/2022—
outstanding
The Royal Bank
The Royal Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/02/2017—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property25/12/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property24/02/2015—
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Standard security1 property06/04/201231/10/2014
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Standard security1 property18/03/2011—
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Standard security1 property18/03/2011—
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Standard security1 property18/03/2011—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property27/03/200928/04/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property27/03/200928/04/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property27/03/200928/04/2011
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property03/02/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property03/10/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property10/11/2006—
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Recent filings (72 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-20