A F PROPERTIES (SUSSEX) LIMITED

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05879069 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-18
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£124.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £124,574
Cash draining
Cash down 68% YoY
Cash YoY
-68%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 68% YoY
Net Worth
£125k
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 67% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£25k£50k£75k£100k£125kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£554.0k£577.4k
Current assets£7.2k£21.6k
Cash£6.8k£21.4k
Debtors£414£177
Net assets£124.6k£118.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-11
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  3. 2024-02-03
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  5. 2024-02-01
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  6. 2024-02-01
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  8. 2024-02-01
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  9. 2024-02-01
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    address · AD01
  10. 2023-10-18
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  11. 2023-04-30
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  12. 2022-04-13
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  13. 2021-11-09
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    FENTON, Christopher Allen resigned
    director
  14. 2021-11-09
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  15. 2020-11-09
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  16. 2020-07-22
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  17. 2020-03-27
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  18. 2019-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2009-12-15
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    ASKAROFF, Corrinne Susan appointed
    director
  20. 2009-12-15
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    FENTON, Christopher Allen appointed
    director
  21. 2009-10-06
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    FENTON, Allen Kenneth resigned
    director
  22. 2006-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A F PROPERTIES (SUSSEX) LIMITED
  23. 2006-07-18
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    FENTON, Janet Patricia appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-07-18
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    FENTON, Janet Patricia appointed
    director
  25. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    FENTON, Allen Kenneth appointed
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Janet Patricia Fenton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Winslow The Drive
Hellingly
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 4EP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-08-01
Last: 2026-07-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FENTON, Janet Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASKAROFF, Corrinne Susan→
director · ~41y · appointed 2009-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FENTON, Janet Patricia→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FENTON, Allen Kenneth→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2009-10-06
Resigned
FENTON, Christopher Allen→
director · ~45y · appointed 2009-12-15 · resigned 2021-11-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-02-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-30