APRIL CLOSE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01575596 · ltd · incorporated 1981-07-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£19.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
19 officers (2 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
120 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £19,124
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,250 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£19k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£8k£12k£17k£21kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£19.1k£20.9k
Current assets£19.7k£20.7k
Net assets£19.1k£20.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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  2. 2025-10-31
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  3. 2025-10-31
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  4. 2024-08-16
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  5. 2024-02-07
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  6. 2023-09-30
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  7. 2023-02-08
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  8. 2022-11-23
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  9. 2022-02-09
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  10. 2022-01-04
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  11. 2022-01-04
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  12. 2021-11-29
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    RIDER, Mary Gwendoline resigned
    director
  13. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-12
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    MALACZNSKA, Anna Maria resigned
    director
  15. 2021-04-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-02-25
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  17. 2020-01-30
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  18. 2020-01-29
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  19. 2020-01-29
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  20. 2020-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-01-20
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    INGLESENT, Megan appointed
    director
  22. 2020-01-20
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    KAPUSCINSKA, Basia appointed
    director
  23. 2020-01-20
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    DARIUS, Simon resigned
    director
  24. 2020-01-20
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    KAPUSCINSKA, Basia appointed
    director
  25. 2020-01-20
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    KAPUSCINSKA, Basia resigned
    director
  26. 2020-01-20
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    MALACZNSKA, Anna Maria appointed
    director
  27. 2017-03-31
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    BUSH, John resigned
    director
  28. 2009-11-30
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    HAYES, Vincent Ignatius resigned
    director
  29. 2007-07-30
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    HAYES, Vincent Ignatius resigned
    secretary
  30. 2005-05-24
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    BEVAN, Deborah Lee resigned
    director
  31. 2003-05-01
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    HAYES, Vincent Ignatius appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-05-01
    ➖
    HURRION, Desmond Martin resigned
    director
  33. 2003-04-30
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    WILDER, Jacqueline Sylvia Frances resigned
    secretary
  34. 2003-04-30
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    DARIUS, Simon appointed
    director
  35. 2003-04-30
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    RIDER, Mary Gwendoline appointed
    director
  36. 2003-04-30
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    WILDER, Jacqueline Sylvia Frances resigned
    director
  37. 2001-11-13
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    BEVAN, Deborah Lee appointed
    director
  38. 2001-11-13
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    KEENAN, Peter Andrew resigned
    director
  39. 2000-12-11
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    COOTE, Linda Mavis Mary resigned
    director
  40. 2000-12-11
    ➕
    HAYES, Vincent Ignatius appointed
    director
  41. 1998-11-23
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    KEENAN, Peter Andrew appointed
    director
  42. 1998-03-15
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    STEVENS, James Edward resigned
    director
  43. 1997-11-03
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    RYMER, John Deverall resigned
    director
  44. 1997-11-03
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    STEVENS, James Edward appointed
    director
  45. 1994-12-05
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    BUSH, John appointed
    director
  46. 1994-11-01
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    FULBROOK, Ann Claire resigned
    director
  47. 1992-10-19
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    HURRION, Desmond Martin appointed
    director
  48. 1992-10-18
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    GILLETT, Albert resigned
    director
  49. 1981-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As APRIL CLOSE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Incorporated1981-07-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

G02 Terriers House
Amersham Road
High Wycombe
HP13 5AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (2 active · 17 resigned)

INGLESENT, Megan→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAPUSCINSKA, Basia→
director · ~60y · appointed 2020-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYES, Vincent Ignatius→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2007-07-30
Resigned
WILDER, Jacqueline Sylvia Frances→
secretary · resigned 2003-04-30
Resigned
BEVAN, Deborah Lee→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-11-13 · resigned 2005-05-24
Resigned
BUSH, John→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-12-05 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
COOTE, Linda Mavis Mary→
director · ~82y · resigned 2000-12-11
Resigned
DARIUS, Simon→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-04-30 · resigned 2020-01-20
Resigned
FULBROOK, Ann Claire→
director · ~67y · resigned 1994-11-01
Resigned
GILLETT, Albert→
director · ~123y · resigned 1992-10-18
Resigned
HAYES, Vincent Ignatius→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-12-11 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned
HURRION, Desmond Martin→
director · ~70y · appointed 1992-10-19 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned
KAPUSCINSKA, Basia→
director · ~30y · appointed 2020-01-20 · resigned 2020-01-20
Resigned
KEENAN, Peter Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-11-23 · resigned 2001-11-13
Resigned
MALACZNSKA, Anna Maria→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-01-20 · resigned 2021-04-12
Resigned
RIDER, Mary Gwendoline→
director · ~85y · appointed 2003-04-30 · resigned 2021-11-29
Resigned
RYMER, John Deverall→
director · ~104y · resigned 1997-11-03
Resigned
STEVENS, James Edward→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-11-03 · resigned 1998-03-15
Resigned
WILDER, Jacqueline Sylvia Frances→
director · ~82y · resigned 2003-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (120 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-04