A.F.S LIVERPOOL CIVILS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09958679 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-19

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£94.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £94,483

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£94k

↑ 200% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£94.5k	£-94.5k
Net assets	£94.5k	£-94.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
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officers · AP01
2026-02-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-01
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BELL, Melissa appointed
director
2025-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
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accounts · AA
2021-08-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-13
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2016-02-19
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Finance Services Limited
2016-01-19
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Company incorporated
As A.F.S LIVERPOOL CIVILS LIMITED
2016-01-19
➕
HUDSON, Peter Charles appointed
director
2016-01-19
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HUDSON, Susan appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Charles Hudson Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	17/02/2017

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

Incorporated2016-01-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

209 Liverpool Road

Southport

PR8 4PH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-19

Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BELL, Melissa→

director · ~29y · appointed 2026-02-01

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Active

HUDSON, Peter Charles→

director · ~66y · appointed 2016-01-19

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Active

HUDSON, Susan→

director · ~68y · appointed 2016-01-19

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Finance Services Finance Services Limited	A registered charge	—	05/02/2016	—

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Recent filings (28 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-17

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-17

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-02-06