ASIA LEAF SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
05088794 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-30
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 May 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46170
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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 (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Average employees1

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-30
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-03-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-03-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-12-16
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-11-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-08-11
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2025-02-18
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-01-10
    ➖
    BUFTON, Michael Patrick John resigned
    director
  10. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-12-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-10-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-03-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASIA LEAF SERVICES LTD
  19. 2004-03-30
    ➕
    BUFTON, Anne Doris appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-03-30
    ➕
    BUFTON, Anne Doris appointed
    director
  21. 2004-03-30
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-03-30
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-03-30
    ➕
    BUFTON, Michael Patrick John appointed
    director
  24. 2004-03-30
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-03-30
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Anne Doris Bufton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1944 · age 82
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Patrick John Buftonceased 10/01/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2004-03-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46170 — SIC 46170

Registered office

C/O Azets Holdings Limited Oxford House
12-20 Oxford Street
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1JB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BUFTON, Anne Doris→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUFTON, Anne Doris→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-30 · resigned 2004-03-30
Resigned
BUFTON, Michael Patrick John→
director · ~87y · appointed 2004-03-30 · resigned 2025-01-10
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-30 · resigned 2004-03-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-12
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-19