AVSL GROUP LIMITED
Company number 03605979 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
AVSL Group Limited demonstrates financial performance well above sector norms for UK wholesale distribution, with gross margins of 41.7% and net margins approaching 14% reflecting genuine competitive advantage through product curation and supplier relationships rather than pure volume leverage. The business carries meaningful concentration risk from its Chinese supply chain and faces structural overhead inflation, but its substantial equity base of £8.26m and improving cash position provide resilience. AVSL occupies a defensible mid-tier position in UK AV distribution—large enough for purchasing power, specialist enough for premium pricing—but must execute on its stated digital transformation strategy to protect its margins against both larger consolidators and disintermediation threats.
Shareholders' funds
£8,261,188
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-07-29
- Employees
- 41 (2024 accounts · was 42 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Unit 2, Bridgewater Park Taylor Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, England, M41 7JQ
- Postcode
- M41 7JQ
- Capital
- 37,800 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-29
- Next due by
- 2027-08-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 5 current · 19 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by AVSL GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2018-08-10
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ENVIROTEK SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
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Contact details
- Website
- avsl.com
- Phone
- 01617498180
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SKYTRONIC LIMITED | 2009-05-22 |
| QUESTRONIX LIMITED | 2000-12-07 |
| SUPREMENOTE LIMITED | 1998-10-20 |
Previous registered addresses 8
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O C/O EDWARDS VEEDER (UK) LIMITED, BLOCK E, BRUNSWICK SQUARE, UNION STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1DE | 2017-03-30 |
| C/O EDWARDS VEEDER OLDHAM LLP BLOCK E BRUNSWICK SQUARE, UNION STREET, OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE, OL1 1DE | 2014-08-04 |
| BRUNSWICK SQUARE, UNION STREET, OLDHAM, LANCS, OL1 1DE | 2009-08-04 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 04/08/2009 FROM, BRUNSWICK SQUARE, UNION STREET, OLDHAM, LANCS, OL1 1DE | 2009-08-04 |
| 7-9 ST JAMES SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 6XX | 2008-01-07 |
| C/O BOOTE EDGAR ESTERKIN, BENTLEY HOUSE 61 BROWN STREET, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE M2 2XX | 2004-10-22 |
| 54 EDWARD GARDENS, MARTINSCROFT, WARRINGTON CHESHIRE, WA1 4QT | 2000-03-29 |
| THE BRITANNIA SUITE, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, 82/86 DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER M3 2ER | 1998-09-11 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,013 similar companies in M
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (41 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1998.
No.7 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Manchester →
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 7 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Manchester.
The class of 1998
44%
of the 358 companies in this sector incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 53% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2018-05-08
- Price paid, where recorded
- £2,277,565
- Where
- Greater Manchester (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN314091 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2018-05-08 | £2,277,565 |
| MAN314092 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2018-05-08 | — |
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