AFFORDABLE FAMILY LAW GROUP COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

💤Zombieactive
12447584 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2020-02-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-140.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
  • 84110General public administration activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £140,049

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
-£140k
Current Assets
£38k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£3.6k
Current assets£38.4k
Cash£1.1k
Debtors£37.3k
Net assets£-140.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
    ➖
    FONG, Gordon Kwok Tung resigned
    director
  2. 2026-01-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-02-10
    ➖
    JUDDERY, John resigned
    director
  6. 2025-02-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-02-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-01-21
    ➖
    MIHELIC, Susan resigned
    director
  9. 2024-12-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-10-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-04-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  12. 2023-04-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2023-02-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  14. 2023-01-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2023-01-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2023-01-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2023-01-01
    ➕
    MIHELIC, Susan appointed
    director
  18. 2022-12-31
    ➖
    HONEYBORNE, Leylah resigned
    director
  19. 2022-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2022-06-16
    ➖
    BLEACH, Nadine resigned
    director
  21. 2022-06-16
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2022-01-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2021-12-24
    ➖
    KNIGHT, Christopher Martin resigned
    director
  24. 2021-07-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2020-09-23
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2020-09-14
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Christopher Martin appointed
    director
  27. 2020-08-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  28. 2020-06-01
    ➕
    BLEACH, Nadine appointed
    director
  29. 2020-06-01
    ➕
    FONG, Gordon Kwok Tung appointed
    director
  30. 2020-06-01
    ➕
    JUDDERY, John appointed
    director
  31. 2020-02-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AFFORDABLE FAMILY LAW GROUP COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
  32. 2020-02-06
    ➕
    GUEST, Peter Alan appointed
    director
  33. 2020-02-06
    ➕
    HONEYBORNE, Leylah appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2020-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82190 — Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

Registered office

10 Laura Place
Bath
BA2 4BL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

GUEST, Peter Alan→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLEACH, Nadine→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-06-01 · resigned 2022-06-16
Resigned
FONG, Gordon Kwok Tung→
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-06-01 · resigned 2026-01-19
Resigned
HONEYBORNE, Leylah→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-02-06 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
JUDDERY, John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2020-06-01 · resigned 2025-02-10
Resigned
KNIGHT, Christopher Martin→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-09-14 · resigned 2021-12-24
Resigned
MIHELIC, Susan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-01-01 · resigned 2025-01-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-04-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-10