AFM SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03837753 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-08
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£-5.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
  • 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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, 4 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,657

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£6k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£43k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£10k£986£11k£22k£33k£43kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-5.7k£-9.5k
Current assets£43.0k£39.3k
Net assets£-5.7k£-9.5k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-29
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  8. 2019-04-10
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  9. 2018-06-26
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  10. 2018-02-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2017-06-14
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-11
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-21
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    address · AD01
  14. 2015-10-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1999-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AFM SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  17. 1999-09-08
    ➕
    JONES, Catherine Frances Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-09-08
    ➕
    JONES, Catherine Frances Suzanne appointed
    director
  19. 1999-09-08
    ➕
    MALLETT, Adrian John appointed
    director
  20. 1999-09-08
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-09-08
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-09-08
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    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-09-08
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian John Mallett
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Catherine Frances Suzanne Jones
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

13 Perrings
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 0JR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Catherine Frances Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-08
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Active
JONES, Catherine Frances Suzanne→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-09-08
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Active
MALLETT, Adrian John→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-09-08
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Active
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 1999-09-08
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-08 · resigned 1999-09-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-10