AF ACCOUNTANTS LTD

💤Zombieactive
08973843 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-02
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.
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees900800

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2020-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-09
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    address · AD01
  12. 2017-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-03
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    HASAN, Warkan resigned
    director
  16. 2015-11-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2015-05-20
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    HASAN, Warkan appointed
    director
  18. 2014-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AF ACCOUNTANTS LTD
  19. 2014-04-02
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Syed Ahbab appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Syed Ahbab Hussain
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Unit F
37 Princelet Street
London
E1 5LP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Syed Ahbab→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-04-02
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Active
HASAN, Warkan→
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-05-20 · resigned 2015-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-09