ALTAVIA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC386898 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-12

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 Jul 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Average employees	100	200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-14
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GOREVAN, Sophie resigned
director
2022-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-11
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2018-10-03
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2018-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-17
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2018-01-09
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2017-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2010-10-12
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Company incorporated
As ALTAVIA LIMITED
2010-10-12
➕
GOREVAN, Martin John appointed
director
2010-10-12
➕
GOREVAN, Sophie appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Martin John Gorevan Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/10/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-10-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 5 44-46 Morningside Road

Edinburgh

EH10 4BF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-26

Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

GOREVAN, Martin John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2010-10-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GOREVAN, Sophie→

director · ~53y · appointed 2010-10-12 · resigned 2022-10-14

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-25

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-11-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-25

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-05-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-10-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-09-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-04-24