AFON TECHNOLOGY LTD
🌳Matureactive
09700231 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 3.2y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.2 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
124 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 13 | 1300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-30📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-11-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-11-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-11-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-09-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-14✏️legacychange-of-name · RP04SH01
- 2025-08-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-08-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Sprk Capital Limited
- 2025-05-30📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-05-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-06➖DEVANI, Atul Suryakant resigneddirector
- 2025-04-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-04-29📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2025-04-28📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2025-03-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-03-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-03-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-03-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-02-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-01-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-29📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2024-06-06➕DEVANI, Atul Suryakant appointeddirector
- 2024-06-06➖ONIONS, David, Professor resigneddirector
- 2023-04-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Sprk Capital Limited
- 2019-04-03➕CHAUDHRY, Mohamed Sabih, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-04-03➕HIRST, John, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-04-03➕SHILLINGFORD, John, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-04-03➕ONIONS, David, Professor appointeddirector
- 2019-04-03➖WALLS, John Arthur Beverley resigneddirector
- 2015-07-23🏢Company incorporatedAs AFON TECHNOLOGY LTD
- 2015-07-23➕WALLS, John Arthur Beverley appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-08-14: legacy
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC72110 — Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Registered office
Unit 670 Castlegate Business Park
Caldicot
Monmouthshire
NP26 5AD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
CHAUDHRY, Mohamed Sabih, Dr→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2019-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HIRST, John, Dr→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2019-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHILLINGFORD, John, Dr→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2019-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEVANI, Atul Suryakant→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2024-06-06 · resigned 2025-05-06
ONIONS, David, Professor→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2019-04-03 · resigned 2024-06-06
WALLS, John Arthur Beverley→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2015-07-23 · resigned 2019-04-03
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Sprk Capital Sprk Capital Limited | A registered charge | — | 10/07/2025 | 24/11/2025 | |
| satisfied | Sprk Capital Sprk Capital Limited | A registered charge | 4 properties | 28/04/2023 | 05/03/2025 |
Recent filings (124 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-11-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
legacy
change-of-name · RP04SH01
2025-08-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-05-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-29
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-04-29