AFMD LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: 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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-11-13🏢Company incorporatedAs AFMD LIMITED
- 2009-11-13➕DEANE, Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Deane Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 13/11/2016 |
Mrs Francesca Deane Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Deaneceased 23/01/2026· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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