AFH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07006818 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.7y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
58 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101Profitable
Profit before tax £32,077
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 101| Metric | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £32.1k |
| 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
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-22📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-05-14📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-05-14📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2024-04-18📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-04-18📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2024-03-18📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-11-03➖BROWN, Anne-Marie resignedsecretary
- 2023-11-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-07📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-07-07📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2023-07-07📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-07-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-06-30➖WRIGHT, Paul Keith resigneddirector
- 2023-06-15➕ROBINSON, Hayden David appointeddirector
- 2023-06-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2015-07-10➕WRIGHT, Paul Keith appointeddirector
- 2010-09-01➕BROWN, Anne-Marie appointedsecretary
- 2010-09-01➖WHEATLEY, John Stefan resignedsecretary
- 2009-09-15➕WHEATLEY, John Stefan appointedsecretary
- 2009-09-02🏢Company incorporatedAs AFH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
- 2009-09-02➕HUDSON, Alan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)
Group structure
Afh Financial Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Afh Financial Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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AFH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
This company · 07006818
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Afh Financial Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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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🔒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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies
Registered office
Afh House Buntsford Drive
Stoke Heath
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B60 4JE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
HUDSON, Alan→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBINSON, Hayden David→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2023-06-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Anne-Marie→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2023-11-03
WHEATLEY, John Stefan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-09-15 · resigned 2010-09-01
WRIGHT, Paul Keith→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2015-07-10 · resigned 2023-06-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/10/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-05-22
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-05-14
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-05-14
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-04-18
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-04-18
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2023-07-07