AVQ MANAGEMENT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC596712 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,020

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£108k
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£109k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£45.3k
Current assets£109.0k
Cash£108.2k
Debtors£770
Net assets£3.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-10-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-10-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-05-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AVQ MANAGEMENT LTD
  16. 2018-05-09
    ➕
    QUEEN, Anne appointed
    director
  17. 2018-05-09
    ➕
    ROONEY, Mark Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 2018-05-09
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Anne Queen
Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/05/2018
Mr Mark Joseph Rooney
Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/05/2018

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
Incorporated2018-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

26 Portland Road
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2EB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-22
Last: 2025-05-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

QUEEN, Anne→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-05-09
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Active
ROONEY, Mark Joseph→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-05-09
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-08