AFN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03880127 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Satellite telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 80200Security systems service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£55k£109k£164k£218k£273kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£45.4k
Current assets—£273.1k
Net assets—£18.7k
Average employees500—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-01
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    NASSER, Raied Mahmoud resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-01
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2001-07-01
    ➕
    NASSER, Hanaa Saleh, Mrs H appointed
    director
  18. 2000-03-06
    ➕
    NASSER, Hanaa Saleh, Mrs H appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-03-06
    ➖
    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2000-03-06
    ➕
    NASSER, Raied Mahmoud appointed
    director
  21. 2000-03-06
    ➖
    DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1999-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AFN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  23. 1999-11-19
    ➕
    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-11-19
    ➕
    DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs H Hanaa Saleh Nasser
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/08/2016

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
Incorporated1999-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC61300 — Satellite telecommunications activities

Registered office

Sutton Business Centre
Restmor Way
Wallington
Surrey
SM6 7AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

NASSER, Hanaa Saleh, Mrs H→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NASSER, Hanaa Saleh, Mrs H→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-19 · resigned 2000-03-06
Resigned
NASSER, Raied Mahmoud→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-03-06 · resigned 2025-11-01
Resigned
DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-19 · resigned 2000-03-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11