AF PLANNING & DESIGN LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
15908318 · ltd · incorporated 2024-08-20
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-11-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2024-11-01
    FOWLER, Charlotte Julie appointed
    director
  3. 2024-08-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AF PLANNING & DESIGN LIMITED
  4. 2024-08-20
    FOWLER, Alexander Harry appointed
    director
  5. 2024-08-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-20

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Harry Fowler
Individual · British · DOB 07/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/08/2024

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
Incorporated2024-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

10 Elm Court
Leyland
PR25 1FF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-20OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FOWLER, Alexander Harry
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-08-20
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FOWLER, Charlotte Julie
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-11-01
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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-08-20