AFS TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC588535 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-228.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 85590Other education n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £228,726
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£229k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£241k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-147.4k | — |
| Current assets | £240.6k | — |
| Cash | — | £2.4k |
| Net assets | £-228.7k | £-275.9k |
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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-07-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-05-27➖MACGREGOR, Gordon resigneddirector
- 2020-10-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-09-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-08-30➕DONALDSON, William Rowland appointeddirector
- 2018-08-30➕MACNEIL, Alasdair appointeddirector
- 2018-08-30➕NELSON, Keith Wilfred appointeddirector
- 2018-08-30➕MACGREGOR, Gordon appointeddirector
- 2018-02-12🏢Company incorporatedAs AFS TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES LIMITED
- 2018-02-12➕WILSON, John Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Afs Technologies Howe Moss Drive
Kirkihill Industrial Estate, Dyce
Aberdeen
AB21 0GL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
DONALDSON, William Rowland→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2018-08-30
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MACNEIL, Alasdair→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-08-30
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NELSON, Keith Wilfred→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2018-08-30
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WILSON, John Andrew→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2018-02-12
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MACGREGOR, Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2018-08-30 · resigned 2021-05-27
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/06/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-08-13