A.F.K. CONTRACTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03877617 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-12.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does

Likely a small-scale retail or wholesale operation trading outside traditional stores, stalls, or markets — possibly direct sales, catalogues, or online — though the micro-entity filings and generic SIC code suggest minimal activity, and it may function as a near-dormant or shell-like vehicle.

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
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 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,974

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£12k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 1353% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£18k-£10k-£2k£6k£14k£21kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-12.0k£-17.9k
Current assets£21.5k£1.5k
Net assets£-12.0k£-17.9k

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-03-08
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1999-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A.F.K. CONTRACTS LIMITED
  17. 1999-11-16
    ➕
    CHESTER, Angela Joy appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-11-16
    ➕
    CHESTER, Angela Joy appointed
    director
  19. 1999-11-16
    ➕
    CHESTER, Keith appointed
    director
  20. 1999-11-16
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-11-16
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-11-16
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-11-16
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1999-11-16
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-11-16
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Keith Chester
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Joy Chester
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
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
Incorporated1999-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

39 Vivian Gardens
Oxhey
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD19 4PG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CHESTER, Angela Joy→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-16
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Active
CHESTER, Angela Joy→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHESTER, Keith→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-16 · resigned 1999-11-16
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-16 · resigned 1999-11-16
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-16 · resigned 1999-11-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-03-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25