ATF SUPPLIES NATIONWIDE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07875088 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£291.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.9y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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
75
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £291,499
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,082 YoY
Cash YoY
+67%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£203k
↑ 67% YoY
Net Worth
£291k
↓ 7.3% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £717.8k | £434.2k |
| Current assets | £1.10M | £933.0k |
| Cash | £203.2k | £122.0k |
| Debtors | £506.6k | £430.2k |
| Net assets | £291.5k | £314.6k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-05📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-08-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2022-01-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-11➕DIPLOCK, Braden Grant appointeddirector
- 2020-12-11➕DIPLOCK, Rolf appointeddirector
- 2014-01-19➖DIPLOCK, Bernard David resigneddirector
- 2011-12-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ATF SUPPLIES NATIONWIDE LIMITED
- 2011-12-08➕DIPLOCK, Simon John appointeddirector
- 2011-12-08➕DIPLOCK, Timothy David appointeddirector
- 2011-12-08➕DIPLOCK, Bernard David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Braden Grant Diplock Individual · British · DOB 06/1995 · age 31 | — | — | board controlboard control · firm interest | 31/03/2024 |
Mr Rolf Diplock Individual · British · DOB 05/1995 · age 31 | — | — | board controlboard control · firm interest | 31/03/2024 |
Mr Timothy David Diplock Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59 | — | — | board controlboard control · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Simon John Diplock Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67 | — | — | board controlboard control · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130
Registered office
Boundary House
36a Walworth Road, Walworth Industrial Estate
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 5LH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
DIPLOCK, Braden Grant→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2020-12-11
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DIPLOCK, Rolf→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2020-12-11
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DIPLOCK, Simon John→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2011-12-08
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DIPLOCK, Timothy David→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2011-12-08
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DIPLOCK, Bernard David→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · appointed 2011-12-08 · resigned 2014-01-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/08/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-08