AFFINITY ASSET FINANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07036851 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-08
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial leasing
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees-200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-13
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  3. 2023-06-12
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  4. 2022-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-01
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2016-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-08
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    address · AD01
  16. 2009-11-26
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    ADAMS, Thomas Edward Peter appointed
    director
  17. 2009-11-26
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    KIMBERLEY, Neil Talbot appointed
    director
  18. 2009-11-24
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    KIMBERLEY, Julie Anne resigned
    director
  19. 2009-11-24
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    ROBERTSON, Georgina Louise resigned
    director
  20. 2009-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AFFINITY ASSET FINANCE LIMITED
  21. 2009-10-08
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    KIMBERLEY, Julie Anne appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-08
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    ROBERTSON, Georgina Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Edward Peter Adams
Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Neil Talbot Kimberley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64910 — Financial leasing

Registered office

1 Golf Road
Radcliffe-On-Trent
Nottingham
NG12 2GA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ADAMS, Thomas Edward Peter→
director · ~45y · appointed 2009-11-26
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Active
KIMBERLEY, Neil Talbot→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-11-26
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Active
KIMBERLEY, Julie Anne→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-10-08 · resigned 2009-11-24
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Georgina Louise→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-10-08 · resigned 2009-11-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-04-30