APPLE PUBLISHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00916422 · ltd · incorporated 1967-09-27
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
129 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-08-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-07-28
    ➕
    EASTMAN, Lee Vail appointed
    director
  8. 2022-07-28
    ➖
    EASTMAN, John Lindner resigned
    director
  9. 2021-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-12
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  12. 2020-10-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-10-05
    ➕
    LENNON, Sean Ono appointed
    director
  14. 2020-09-04
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2020-09-04
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  16. 2020-09-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-08-24
    ➕
    GRAKAL, Bruce Victor appointed
    director
  21. 2015-08-24
    ➖
    GERRARD, Hilary Lester resigned
    director
  22. 2007-05-07
    ➕
    APPLE CORPS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-05-04
    ➖
    STANDBY FILMS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2001-10-26
    ➕
    HARRISON, Olivia Trinidad appointed
    director
  25. 2001-10-26
    ➖
    HARRISON, George resigned
    director
  26. 1993-06-01
    ➕
    HARRISON, George appointed
    director
  27. 1993-06-01
    ➖
    O'BRIEN, Denis James resigned
    director
  28. 1967-09-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPLE PUBLISHING 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

90/100
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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1967-09-27
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: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (6 active · 5 resigned)

APPLE CORPS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-05-07
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Active
EASTMAN, Lee Vail→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-07-28
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Active
GRAKAL, Bruce Victor→
director · ~86y · appointed 2015-08-24
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Active
HARRISON, Olivia Trinidad→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LENNON, Sean Ono→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LENNON, Yoko Ono→
director · ~93y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANDBY FILMS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · resigned 2007-05-04
Resigned
EASTMAN, John Lindner→
director · ~87y · resigned 2022-07-28
Resigned
GERRARD, Hilary Lester→
director · ~93y · resigned 2015-08-24
Resigned
HARRISON, George→
director · ~83y · appointed 1993-06-01 · resigned 2001-10-26
Resigned
O'BRIEN, Denis James→
director · ~85y · resigned 1993-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (129 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2020-11-12