CENTRAL AVENUE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC427047 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-26
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
£-27.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £27,355

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
Net Worth
-£27k
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-30
Total assets£-7.5k
Current assets£7.0k
Cash£5.0k
Net assets£-27.4k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-09-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-23
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-06-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-03-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-05-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-03-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2023-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2020-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2019-03-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2012-07-23
    ➕
    RAJA, Asim Raza appointed
    director
  20. 2012-06-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CENTRAL AVENUE LIMITED
  21. 2012-06-26
    ➕
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-26
    ➖
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
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 14 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Asim Raza Raja
Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

4 Central Avenue
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 4PS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

RAJA, Asim Raza→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-07-23
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Active
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-06-26 · resigned 2012-06-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-05-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27