AFON AUR LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07460519 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-06
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-33.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 78300Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £33,317
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£8k
↑ 9.1% YoY
Net Worth
-£33k
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↑ 9.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-33.3k | £-32.0k |
| Current assets | £8.6k | £7.8k |
| Cash | £8.0k | £7.3k |
| Debtors | £564 | £483 |
| Net assets | £-33.3k | £-32.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-05-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-12-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-19📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2023-12-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-12-06🏢Company incorporatedAs AFON AUR LIMITED
- 2010-12-06➕LANGDALE, Josephine Mary appointeddirector
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Josephine Mary Langdale Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 27/01/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-12-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Suite 2 Chancery Court
34 West Street
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 6ES
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
LANGDALE, Josephine Mary→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2010-12-06
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Recent filings (44 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-19
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-12-19