AFK VEHICLES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14700475 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-02
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-10
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-05-27
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-11-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-25
    YOUNIS, Tony appointed
    director
  6. 2023-04-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-03-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AFK VEHICLES LTD
  8. 2023-03-02
    YOUNIS, Arshiyan Tony appointed
    director
  9. 2023-03-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-24

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Arshiyan Tony Younis
Individual · Danish · DOB 03/2003 · age 23
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/03/2023

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
Incorporated2023-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

113 Berkeley Avenue
Hounslow
Middlesex
TW4 6LD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-24OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

YOUNIS, Arshiyan Tony
director · ~23y · appointed 2023-03-02
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Active
YOUNIS, Tony
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-04-25
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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-02