AFB PLANT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

13166589 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-29

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£7.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

11 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,127

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£7k

Current Assets

£1k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31
Total assets	£7.1k
Current assets	£1.5k
Net assets	£7.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand

2026-05-13
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accounts · AA01
2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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accounts · AA
2023-10-26
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accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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accounts · AA
2021-01-29
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Company incorporated
As AFB PLANT LIMITED
2021-01-29
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BAXTER, Claire appointed
director
2021-01-29
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FINLAY, Brian appointed
director
2021-01-29
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incorporation · NEWINC

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 76 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Claire Baxter Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	29/01/2021
Mr Brian Finlay Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	29/01/2021

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

Incorporated2021-01-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC77310 — Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment

Registered office

Station House Lytham Road

Moss Side

Lytham St. Annes

FY8 4NB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-11

Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BAXTER, Claire→

director · ~55y · appointed 2021-01-29

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Active

FINLAY, Brian→

director · ~76y · appointed 2021-01-29

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Active

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