AFT FLUOROTEC LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01086734 · ltd · incorporated 1972-12-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 48.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20160
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (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: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 48.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 48.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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| Average employees | 51 | 4800 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-08-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-07-30➕MCALLISTER, Helen Campbell appointeddirector
- 2021-07-30➖MC ALLISTER, Annette Christine resignedsecretary
- 2021-01-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-01-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-31➖MC ALLISTER, Annette Christine resigneddirector
- 2020-12-31➖MCALLISTER, Bruce James resigneddirector
- 2020-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-11-30🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-11-29🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2016-06-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2015-09-30➖WHEELER, Michael Chirstopher, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2010-03-26➕CROW, Michael appointeddirector
- 2009-03-11➕MCALLISTER, James Bruce appointeddirector
- 2009-03-11➕MCALLISTER, Bruce James appointeddirector
- 2007-05-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1991-04-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1978-01-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1972-12-13🏢Company incorporatedAs AFT FLUOROTEC LIMITED
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
53/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Bruce Mcallister Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1972-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20160 — SIC 20160
Registered office
Unit F City Park
Swiftfields
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1LY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
CROW, Michael→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2010-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCALLISTER, Helen Campbell→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2021-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCALLISTER, James Bruce→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2009-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MC ALLISTER, Annette Christine→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2021-07-30
MC ALLISTER, Annette Christine→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2020-12-31
MCALLISTER, Bruce James→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2009-03-11 · resigned 2020-12-31
WHEELER, Michael Chirstopher, Mr.→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 2015-09-30
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/11/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 29/11/2017 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 04/05/2007 | 13/06/2016 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 04/01/1978 | 08/04/1991 |
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Recent filings (112 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-05