AFRESH OFFICE CLEANING LTD

🌳Matureactive
08141541 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-12
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£135.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £135,379

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£135k
↑ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
£157k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£31k£63k£94k£125k£157kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£135.4k£127.0k
Current assets£156.7k£145.2k
Net assets£135.4k£127.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-14
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  3. 2025-03-07
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  4. 2024-06-20
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-06-18
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    BUCKLEY, Susan Valerie appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-29
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  8. 2022-04-25
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  9. 2021-04-27
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  10. 2020-04-19
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  11. 2019-02-08
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  12. 2018-04-06
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  13. 2017-03-22
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  14. 2016-04-11
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-04-10
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AFRESH OFFICE CLEANING LTD
  18. 2012-07-12
    ➕
    MATTEN, Paul Lawrence appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 14 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Lawrence Matten
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2012-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

4 Bateman Court
Furnace Green
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 6PS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BUCKLEY, Susan Valerie→
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-06-18
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Active
MATTEN, Paul Lawrence→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-07-12
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Recent filings (29 total)

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2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15
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accounts · AA
2020-04-19