ASSET FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT (SOLUTIONS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05040612 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
67 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-10-17
    ➖
    BAKER, Michael William resigned
    director
  8. 2021-10-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-10-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-09-30
    ➕
    MONAHAN, Barry David appointed
    director
  11. 2021-02-04
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  12. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-07
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  15. 2020-02-07
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  16. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-03-22
    ➕
    BAKER, Michael William appointed
    director
  19. 2004-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASSET FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT (SOLUTIONS) LIMITED
  20. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    MONAHAN, Barry David appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    SMITHIES, Granville appointed
    director
  22. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-02-11
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-02-11
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-02-11
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Asset Finance & Managememnt Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Asset Finance & Managememnt Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ASSET FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT (SOLUTIONS) LIMITED
This company · 05040612

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Asset Finance & Managememnt Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

155-157 High Street
Aldershot
GU11 1TT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MONAHAN, Barry David→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONAHAN, Barry David→
director · ~69y · appointed 2021-09-30
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Active
SMITHIES, Granville→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-11 · resigned 2004-02-11
Resigned
BAKER, Michael William→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2021-10-17
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-11 · resigned 2004-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-06