AFEX PROPERTIES & FINANCE LTD

💤Zombieactive
12900455 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-23
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66190Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 68310Real estate agencies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£4k-£3k-£2k-£1k-£745£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£0
Current assets£0
Cash£0
Debtors£0
Net assets£-3.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-06-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-06-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-02-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-02-16
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  12. 2020-09-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AFEX PROPERTIES & FINANCE LTD
  13. 2020-09-23
    TANKOU, Irene Georges appointed
    director
  14. 2020-09-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-05: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Irene Georges Tankou
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
75100%
75-100% shares24/02/2021

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
Incorporated2020-09-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

17 Bellbrooke Place Bellbrooke Place
Leeds
LS9 6AR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

TANKOU, Irene Georges
director · ~48y · appointed 2020-09-23
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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-02-24