AFJ BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09709657 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-29
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 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.

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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-06-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-06-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AFJ BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2015-07-29
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    HAMILL, Francis appointed
    director
  19. 2015-07-29
    ➕
    JARVIS, Ann Frances 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 Francis Hamill
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Ann Frances Jarvis
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
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
Incorporated2015-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Registered office

76c Davyhulme Road
Urmston
Manchester
M41 7DN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HAMILL, Francis→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-07-29
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Active
JARVIS, Ann Frances→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-07-29
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26