AFS GLOBAL LTD

🌳Matureactive

06074725 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-30

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£997.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52241

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £997,427

Cash YoY

+133%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.0m

↑ 133% YoY

Net Worth

£997k

↑ 250% YoY

Current Assets

£2.8m

↑ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£1.00M	£289.9k
Current assets	£2.76M	£2.29M
Cash	£1.00M	£430.8k
Debtors	£1.52M	£1.31M
Net assets	£997.4k	£284.7k

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

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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

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-06-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-06-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-05-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-05-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-05-15
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address · AD01
2025-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
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officers · CH01
2025-02-13
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officers · CH01
2025-02-13
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officers · CH01
2025-02-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-12
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officers · CH03
2025-02-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-14
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accounts · AA
2022-11-08
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officers · AP01
2022-10-26
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-10-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-10-25
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capital · SH01
2022-10-18
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HIGGINS, Christopher appointed
director
2022-07-22
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accounts · AA
2017-02-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-06-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2015-02-20
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HIGGINS, Victoria Claire appointed
director
2007-02-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-02-01
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HARRISON, Alan Ronald appointed
secretary
2007-02-01
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HARRISON, Alan Ronald appointed
director
2007-02-01
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HOLLAND, Steven Barry appointed
director
2007-01-30
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Company incorporated
As AFS GLOBAL LTD
2007-01-30
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INCORPORATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-01-30
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INCORPORATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-01-30
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INCORPORATION DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-01-30
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INCORPORATION DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Almar Rainhill

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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Corbiek Holdings

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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AFS GLOBAL LTD

This company · 06074725

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Almar Rainhill Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/11/2018
Corbiek Holdings Corporate entity	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	27/11/2018

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Alan Ronald Harrisonceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Steven Barry Hollandceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2007-01-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC52241 — SIC 52241

Registered office

C/O S&W Partners (Manchester) Limited, Pall Mall

1 Pollen Square, 59 King Street

Manchester

M2 4PD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-13

Last: 2026-01-30