A.F.P. FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04961075 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-12

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

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£3

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 84250

Sector: Public administration

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (77/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3

Net assets shrinking

Down £2 YoY

Cash YoY

+5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↑ 5.5% YoY

Net Worth

£3

↓ 40% YoY

Current Assets

£11k

↓ 9.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£4.5k	£7.5k
Current assets	£11.4k	£12.5k
Cash	£2.7k	£2.6k
Debtors	£5.3k	£6.6k
Net assets	£3	£5

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-27
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accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-23
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-11-03
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-10-30
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annual-return · AR01
2003-11-12
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Company incorporated
As A.F.P. FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED
2003-11-12
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FINCH, Jane appointed
secretary
2003-11-12
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FINCH, Peter Albert appointed
director
2003-11-12
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-11-12
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-11-12
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-11-12
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Albert Finch Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	29/10/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-11-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC84250 — SIC 84250

Registered office

39 West Road

Buxton

Derbyshire

SK17 6HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FINCH, Jane→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-12

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Active

FINCH, Peter Albert→

director · ~67y · appointed 2003-11-12

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-12 · resigned 2003-11-12

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-12 · resigned 2003-11-12

Resigned

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