AFS CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09505888 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£121.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -93% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £121,828
Cash draining
Cash down 93% YoY
Cash YoY
-93%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£770
↓ 93% YoY
Net Worth
£122k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£338k
↓ 5.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£71k£143k£214k£285k£357kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£362.8k£473.9k
Current assets£337.7k£356.7k
Cash£770£10.6k
Debtors£337.0k£346.2k
Net assets£121.8k£101.7k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-21
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  2. 2025-10-15
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  3. 2025-10-15
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  4. 2025-10-15
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  5. 2025-10-15
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  6. 2024-09-06
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  7. 2024-04-02
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  8. 2023-12-06
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  9. 2022-12-21
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  10. 2022-04-01
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  11. 2020-10-13
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  12. 2019-07-15
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  13. 2018-10-04
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  14. 2017-12-20
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  15. 2016-10-19
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  16. 2015-10-25
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    DEAN, Timothy Francis Stewart appointed
    director
  17. 2015-10-25
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    BURTON, James Robert resigned
    director
  18. 2015-10-25
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    BURTON, Simon Edward William resigned
    director
  19. 2015-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AFS CONTRACTORS LIMITED
  20. 2015-03-24
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    DEAN, William Francis appointed
    director
  21. 2015-03-24
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    BURTON, James Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2015-03-24
    ➕
    BURTON, Simon Edward William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy Francis Stewart Dean
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr William Francis Dean
Individual · British · DOB 09/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

3 Castlegate
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 6SF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DEAN, Timothy Francis Stewart→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEAN, William Francis→
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURTON, James Robert→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-03-24 · resigned 2015-10-25
Resigned
BURTON, Simon Edward William→
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-03-24 · resigned 2015-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15