AFAN LANDSCAPES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01411253 · ltd · incorporated 1979-01-24

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 35.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 35.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 35.5 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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

110 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	6200	6800

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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mortgage · MR04
2026-03-12
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mortgage · MR04
2026-03-12
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mortgage · MR04
2026-03-12
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mortgage · MR04
2026-03-12
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Charge satisfied #5
2026-03-12
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Charge satisfied #4
2026-03-12
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Charge satisfied #3
2026-03-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-08-22
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accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
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accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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officers · TM01
2022-04-04
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WILLIAMS, Beatrice Joan resigned
director
2021-09-28
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accounts · AA
2021-05-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-03
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officers · CH01
2020-07-31
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officers · AP01
2020-07-01
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WILLIAMS, Ryan appointed
director
2019-10-30
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accounts · AA
2010-02-01
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PUGH, Sharon Anne appointed
director
2010-02-01
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WILLIAMS, Andrew David appointed
director
2000-04-06
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
1999-09-20
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1999-09-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1999-08-24
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YOUNG, Stephen Kenneth appointed
secretary
1999-08-24
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WILLIAMS, Beatrice Joan resigned
secretary
1999-08-24
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STEVENS, Terence Frederick resigned
director
1994-02-23
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Charge satisfied #2
1991-01-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1991-01-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1979-01-24
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Company incorporated
As AFAN LANDSCAPES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Afan Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Afan Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AFAN LANDSCAPES LIMITED

This company · 01411253

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Afan Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/03/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew David Williamsceased 01/03/2021· significant influence

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

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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

Incorporated1979-01-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Water Street

Margam

Port Talbot

West Glamorgan

SA13 2PA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31