AF DRINKS UK LTD

🌱Startupactive
16305206 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-10
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
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46341
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: low (44/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-05-26
    MELNYK, Kyle John resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-08
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  4. 2025-09-08
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-09-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-09-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-09-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-09-01
    PB CORPORATE SERVICES UK LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2025-09-01
    BEARE, Paul David resigned
    secretary
  10. 2025-03-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AF DRINKS UK LTD
  11. 2025-03-10
    KING, Hoi Yung appointed
    director
  12. 2025-03-10
    BEARE, Paul David appointed
    secretary
  13. 2025-03-10
    MELNYK, Kyle John appointed
    director
  14. 2025-03-10
    📄
    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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BEARE, Paul David resigned 2025-09-01; MELNYK, Kyle John resigned 2026-05-26

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46341 — SIC 46341

Registered office

C/O Paul Beare Ltd
100 Bollo Lane
London
W4 5LX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PB CORPORATE SERVICES UK LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-09-01
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Active
KING, Hoi Yung
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-03-10
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Active
BEARE, Paul David
secretary · appointed 2025-03-10 · resigned 2025-09-01
Resigned
MELNYK, Kyle John
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-03-10 · resigned 2026-05-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2025-09-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-10