AFFECT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

NI670303 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-17

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-1.71M

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 14120

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + 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

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,711,621

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£1.7m

↓ 62% YoY

Current Assets

£197k

↓ 68% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-1.71M	£-1.06M
Current assets	£196.5k	£617.6k
Net assets	£-1.71M	£-1.06M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-10-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-27
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-10-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-17
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Company incorporated
As AFFECT LTD
2020-06-17
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LECKEY, Jayne Louise appointed
director
2020-06-17
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LECKEY, John James appointed
director
2020-06-17
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John James Leckey Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	17/06/2020
Mrs Jayne Louise Leckey Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	17/06/2020

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

Incorporated2020-06-17

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC14120 — SIC 14120

Registered office

29 Quarterlands Road

Lisburn

Antrim

BT27 5TN

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LECKEY, Jayne Louise→

director · ~59y · appointed 2020-06-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LECKEY, John James→

director · ~68y · appointed 2020-06-17

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-20

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-07-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-24

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2022-04-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-03-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-02-22

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2021-11-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-10-27

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2021-10-27