A.F.P GARDEN SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04828302 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-10

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£4.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Landscape service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,614

Net assets shrinking

Down £827 YoY

Cash YoY

-5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£22k

↓ 5.0% YoY

Net Worth

£5k

↓ 15% YoY

Current Assets

£24k

↓ 3.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£5.4k	£5.9k
Current assets	£23.9k	£24.7k
Cash	£22.3k	£23.5k
Debtors	£1.5k	£1.2k
Net assets	£4.6k	£5.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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accounts · AA
2025-02-04
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accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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accounts · AA
2022-02-16
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accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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accounts · AA
2020-03-03
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accounts · AA
2019-04-04
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accounts · AA
2018-03-12
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accounts · AA
2017-03-15
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accounts · AA
2016-04-08
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officers · AP01
2016-04-08
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accounts · AA
2016-04-06
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PARKES, Linda Louise appointed
director
2015-08-19
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-20
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accounts · AA
2014-07-17
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annual-return · AR01
2003-07-10
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Company incorporated
As A.F.P GARDEN SERVICES LIMITED
2003-07-10
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PARKES, Linda Louise appointed
secretary
2003-07-10
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PARKES, Andrew appointed
director
2003-07-10
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-10
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-10
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-07-10
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Parkes Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Louise Parkes Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-07-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

16 Queen Street

Ilkeston

Derbyshire

DE7 5GT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-24

Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PARKES, Linda Louise→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-10

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Active

PARKES, Andrew→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-07-10

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Active

PARKES, Linda Louise→

director · ~59y · appointed 2016-04-06

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-10 · resigned 2003-07-10

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-10 · resigned 2003-07-10

Resigned

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