ANTIFIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02815584 · ltd · incorporated 1993-05-06
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£-140.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £140,237
Cash YoY
+868%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↑ 868% YoY
Net Worth
-£140k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Assets
£182k
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£140k-£76k-£11k£53k£117k£182kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-125.9k£-75.7k
Current assets£181.6k£173.3k
Cash£9.5k£978
Debtors£77.8k£78.8k
Net assets£-140.2k£-90.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-28
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    capital · SH01
  7. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2019-04-10
    ➖
    HUNT, Jennifer Linda resigned
    secretary
  11. 2019-04-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-04-08
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    HUNT, Nicholas appointed
    director
  13. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-28
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    officers · CH03
  17. 2002-05-01
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    HUNT, Jennifer Linda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-04-24
    ➖
    MCKENNA, David resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-04-24
    ➖
    MCKENNA, David resigned
    director
  20. 1997-09-25
    ➕
    MCKENNA, David appointed
    director
  21. 1993-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTIFIRE LIMITED
  22. 1993-05-06
    ➕
    HUNT, Charles Anthony Gerald appointed
    director
  23. 1993-05-06
    ➕
    MCKENNA, David appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-05-06
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-05-06
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Anthony Gerald Hunt
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-05-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

4 Westwood Court
Clayhill Industrial Park
Neston
Cheshire
CH64 3UJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HUNT, Charles Anthony Gerald→
director · ~76y · appointed 1993-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNT, Nicholas→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNT, Jennifer Linda→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-01 · resigned 2019-04-10
Resigned
MCKENNA, David→
secretary · appointed 1993-05-06 · resigned 2002-04-24
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-05-06 · resigned 1993-05-06
Resigned
MCKENNA, David→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-09-25 · resigned 2002-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21