AF AVIATION & MAINTENANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03412839 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-31
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33160
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-22
    ➖
    FLETCHER, Amanda resigned
    director
  3. 2026-04-22
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-04-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-09
    ➕
    FLETCHER, Amanda appointed
    director
  14. 2019-04-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-04-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-04-08
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2019-04-07
    ➖
    BURROWS, Christopher John resigned
    secretary
  18. 2018-08-01
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 1997-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As AF AVIATION & MAINTENANCE LIMITED
  21. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    FLETCHER, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    BURROWS, Christopher John appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-07-31
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-07-31
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1997-07-31
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Andrew Fletcher
Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33160 — SIC 33160

Registered office

153 Wilmslow Road
Handforth
Wilmslow
SK9 3JL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

FLETCHER, Andrew→
director · ~53y · appointed 1997-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURROWS, Christopher John→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 2019-04-07
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 1997-07-31
Resigned
FLETCHER, Amanda→
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-04-09 · resigned 2026-04-22
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-31 · resigned 1997-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14