AFFINITY CARE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06378013 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-21
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 9 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 2 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-05-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-01-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-03📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-07-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-07-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-07-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-06-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-06-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-06-01➖COUSINS, Robert Leslie resigneddirector
- 2023-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Coutts & Company
- 2010-11-29➖WESTFIELD, Leigh Paul resignedsecretary
- 2010-11-29➖WESTFIELD, Leigh Paul resigneddirector
- 2008-03-05➕WESTFIELD, Leigh Paul appointedsecretary
- 2008-03-05➖ML SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-11-16➕WESTFIELD, Leigh Paul appointeddirector
- 2007-09-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AFFINITY CARE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- 2007-09-21➕BIALAN, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2007-09-21➕APEX CORPORATE LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-09-21➖APEX CORPORATE LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-09-21➕ML SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-09-21➕COUSINS, Robert Leslie appointeddirector
- 2007-09-21➕APEX NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2007-09-21➖APEX NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Bialan Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/05/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- The Buckinghamshire Group Limitedceased 30/05/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
31-33 Commercial Road
Poole
Dorset
BH14 0HU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21
Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)
BIALAN, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2007-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WESTFIELD, Leigh Paul→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-03-05 · resigned 2010-11-29
APEX CORPORATE LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-21 · resigned 2007-09-21
ML SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-21 · resigned 2008-03-05
COUSINS, Robert Leslie→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2007-09-21 · resigned 2024-06-01
WESTFIELD, Leigh Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2007-11-16 · resigned 2010-11-29
APEX NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2007-09-21 · resigned 2007-09-21
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | A registered charge | — | 20/09/2016 | 06/06/2024 |
Recent filings (72 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-08-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25