APPLE CORPS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00764797 · ltd · incorporated 1963-06-20

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 60.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 60.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

158 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31
Average employees	1700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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officers · AP03
2026-03-30
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-18
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HILL, Jemma Victoria appointed
secretary
2026-03-18
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TWEEDALE, Garth resigned
secretary
2025-10-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-11-20
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TWEEDALE, Garth appointed
secretary
2024-11-19
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-08
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JONES, Jeffrey Vaughan resigned
secretary
2024-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-28
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EASTMAN, Lee Vail appointed
director
2022-07-28
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EASTMAN, John Lindner resigned
director
2021-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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officers · RP04AP01
2020-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-05
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LENNON, Sean Ono appointed
director
2020-09-04
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-09-04
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2020-09-04
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2015-08-24
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GRAKAL, Bruce Victor appointed
director
2015-08-24
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GERRARD, Hilary Lester resigned
director
2015-04-29
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Charge satisfied #5
2015-04-29
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Charge satisfied #4
2015-04-29
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Charge satisfied #3
2015-04-29
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Charge satisfied #2
2015-04-29
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-09-09
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Charge satisfied #6
2007-05-07
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JONES, Jeffrey Vaughan appointed
secretary
2007-05-04
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STANDBY FILMS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-10-26
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HARRISON, Olivia Trinidad appointed
director
2001-10-26
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HARRISON, George resigned
director
1999-07-08
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1993-02-24
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HARRISON, George appointed
director
1993-02-24
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O'BRIEN, Denis James resigned
director
1989-06-14
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clive Lewis & Partners Limited
1975-08-27
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Pyramid Records LTD
1975-08-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: F. A. Jackville
1972-01-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank LTD
1966-06-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
1963-06-20
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Company incorporated
As APPLE CORPS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated1963-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

27 Ovington Square

London

SW3 1LJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-15

Last: 2026-01-01