AFREEN VENTURES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05218328 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-31
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-8.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
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
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,776
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£9k
Current Assets
£98k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-30 | 2024-08-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £98.1k | — |
| Current assets | £98.1k | — |
| Net assets | £-8.8k | — |
| Average employees | — | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-28✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-09-26➕BRIESTENSKA, Vladimira appointeddirector
- 2022-09-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-03-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-07📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-12-27➖SHAIKH, Nimra Quddus resignedsecretary
- 2004-09-06➕SHAIKH, Nadeem Raoof appointeddirector
- 2004-09-06➕SHAIKH, Nimra Quddus appointedsecretary
- 2004-09-02➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-09-02➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-08-31🏢Company incorporatedAs AFREEN VENTURES LIMITED
- 2004-08-31➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-08-31➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Nadeem Raoof Shaikh Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Jubilee House
Townsend Lane
London
NW9 8TZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last made up to: 2025-08-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BRIESTENSKA, Vladimira→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2022-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHAIKH, Nadeem Raoof→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2004-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHAIKH, Nimra Quddus→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-09-06 · resigned 2019-12-27
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-09-02
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2004-09-02
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Recent filings (67 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-04-02