A&F NI HOLDINGS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
NI684511 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£45.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.7y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £45,267

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£45k
↑ 7382% YoY
Current Assets
£45k
↑ 1806% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£9k£18k£27k£36k£45kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£45.3k£2.2k
Current assets£45.4k£2.4k
Debtors£855£2.2k
Net assets£45.3k£605

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

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5 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2022-08-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  7. 2021-12-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A&F NI HOLDINGS LTD
  8. 2021-12-16
    GAMBLE, Aaron Robert appointed
    director
  9. 2021-12-16
    GAMBLE, Fiona appointed
    director
  10. 2021-12-16
    📄
    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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Aaron Robert Gamble
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/12/2021
Mrs Fiona Gamble
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/12/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-12-16
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1 23 Art Road
Artigarvan
Strabane
BT82 0HA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GAMBLE, Aaron Robert
director · ~53y · appointed 2021-12-16
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Active
GAMBLE, Fiona
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-12-16
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge08/08/2022
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-16