AFAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02263403 · ltd · incorporated 1988-05-31
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of roads and motorways
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 42130SIC 42130
  • 42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 38.0y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
126 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees22001900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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  2. 2025-10-13
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  3. 2025-10-13
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  4. 2025-10-13
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  5. 2025-10-13
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  6. 2025-10-13
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  7. 2025-10-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  8. 2025-10-13
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-10-13
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-10-13
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    officers · AP03
  11. 2025-10-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-10-06
    JEREMIAH, David Rhys appointed
    secretary
  13. 2025-10-06
    JEREMIAH, David Rhys appointed
    director
  14. 2025-10-06
    EVANS, Pamela Margaret resigned
    secretary
  15. 2025-10-06
    EVANS, David Wynne resigned
    director
  16. 2025-10-06
    EVANS, Pamela Margaret resigned
    director
  17. 2025-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2024-10-24
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  19. 2024-10-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2024-10-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  21. 2024-09-18
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    mortgage · MR04
  22. 2024-09-18
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    Charge satisfied #11
  23. 2024-08-23
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    mortgage · MR04
  24. 2024-08-23
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    Charge satisfied #10
  25. 2024-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2023-08-16
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    accounts · AA
  27. 2022-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  28. 2022-03-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  29. 2022-03-06
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    Charge satisfied #12
  30. 2017-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #9
  31. 2017-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #8
  32. 2017-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #7
  33. 2017-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #6
  34. 2017-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #5
  35. 2017-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #4
  36. 2015-12-14
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  37. 2015-12-07
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  38. 2015-04-20
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Ceredigion County Council
  39. 2011-09-07
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    Charge satisfied #3
  40. 2011-09-07
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    Charge satisfied #2
  41. 2011-09-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  42. 2007-12-14
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  43. 2006-07-10
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  44. 2001-05-21
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  45. 2000-08-04
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  46. 1999-09-16
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  47. 1999-07-15
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  48. 1993-02-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  49. 1993-02-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Secretary of State for Wales
  50. 1988-06-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

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

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

2 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: EVANS, Pamela Margaret resigned 2025-10-06; EVANS, David Wynne resigned 2025-10-06; EVANS, Pamela Margaret resigned 2025-10-06

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

Jeremiah Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jeremiah Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AFAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
This company · 02263403

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jeremiah Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/10/2025
Mr David Rhys Jeremiah
Individual · British · DOB 11/1983 · age 43
sig. influencesignificant influence06/10/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Afan Construction Services Limitedceased 06/10/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr David Wynne Evansceased 06/10/2025· significant influence
  • Mrs Pamela Margaret Evansceased 06/10/2025· significant influence

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-05-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42110 — Construction of roads and motorways

Registered office

Unit 2 Cae Gwyn Glan Yr Afon Industrial Estate
Llanbadarn Fawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3JF
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JEREMIAH, David Rhys
secretary · appointed 2025-10-06
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Active
JEREMIAH, David Rhys
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-10-06
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Active
EVANS, Pamela Margaret
secretary · resigned 2025-10-06
Resigned
EVANS, David Wynne
director · ~72y · resigned 2025-10-06
Resigned
EVANS, Pamela Margaret
director · ~73y · resigned 2025-10-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

12
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property14/12/201506/03/2022
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property07/12/201518/09/2024
satisfied
Ceredigion County Council
A registered charge1 property20/04/201523/08/2024
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property14/12/200728/02/2017
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property10/07/200628/02/2017
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property21/05/200128/02/2017
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property04/08/200028/02/2017
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property16/09/199928/02/2017
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/07/199928/02/2017
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property09/02/199307/09/2011
satisfied
Secretary of State for Wales
Conveyance1 property09/02/199307/09/2011
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/06/198807/09/2011

Recent filings (126 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-10-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-24