AFTON BOARDING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC249549 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-16
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 22.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-10📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-06-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2004-04-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2003-06-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2003-05-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AFTON BOARDING LIMITED
- 2003-05-16➕CONDIE, Rosemary appointedsecretary
- 2003-05-16➕CONDIE, Michael appointeddirector
- 2003-05-16➕CONDIE, Rosemary appointeddirector
- 2003-05-16➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-05-16➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Michael Condie Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Littlemark Farm
Dalleagles
New Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 4QW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
CONDIE, Michael→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2003-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CONDIE, Rosemary→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2003-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2003-05-16
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 15/04/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 16/06/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-22