APPLE ROCHESTER GEARS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01867914 · ltd · incorporated 1984-11-30
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 35.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 35.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£20£40£60£80£100Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£100£100
Debtors£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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  2. 2025-04-14
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-03-31
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    LINNITT, Clifford resigned
    director
  4. 2025-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-29
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  6. 2023-03-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-02-26
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    PINNOCK, Steven Douglas resigned
    director
  8. 2023-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-04
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    officers · AP03
  11. 2021-05-01
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    BUGBY, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  12. 2021-04-30
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    SAVAGE, Neil resigned
    secretary
  13. 2021-04-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2020-03-21
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-22
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  17. 2019-09-28
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  18. 2019-09-28
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  19. 2019-09-28
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  20. 2019-09-28
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  21. 2019-09-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  22. 2019-09-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2019-08-09
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    TILLEY, Ian Roger appointed
    director
  24. 2019-08-09
    ➕
    WATSON, Martin appointed
    director
  25. 2019-08-09
    ➖
    BATES, Peter Stanley resigned
    secretary
  26. 2019-08-09
    ➕
    SAVAGE, Neil appointed
    secretary
  27. 2019-08-09
    ➖
    BATES, Colin Graham resigned
    director
  28. 2019-08-09
    ➖
    BATES, Peter Stanley resigned
    director
  29. 2019-08-09
    ➕
    LINNITT, Clifford appointed
    director
  30. 2019-08-09
    ➕
    PINNOCK, Steven Douglas appointed
    director
  31. 2019-08-09
    ➖
    RANSON, Steven John resigned
    director
  32. 2019-07-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  33. 2007-06-01
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    SHARP, Marion resigned
    director
  34. 2000-06-10
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    WHITE, Peter John resigned
    director
  35. 1993-09-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  36. 1993-05-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank Public Limited Company
  37. 1991-03-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  38. 1984-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLE ROCHESTER GEARS 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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.)

Group structure

Transpower Drives Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Transpower Drives Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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APPLE ROCHESTER GEARS LIMITED
This company · 01867914

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Transpower Drives Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

4 Bridle Close
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN8 4RN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

BUGBY, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2021-05-01
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Active
TILLEY, Ian Roger→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Martin→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATES, Peter Stanley→
secretary · resigned 2019-08-09
Resigned
SAVAGE, Neil→
secretary · appointed 2019-08-09 · resigned 2021-04-30
Resigned
BATES, Colin Graham→
director · ~84y · resigned 2019-08-09
Resigned
BATES, Peter Stanley→
director · ~79y · resigned 2019-08-09
Resigned
LINNITT, Clifford→
director · ~71y · appointed 2019-08-09 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
PINNOCK, Steven Douglas→
director · ~71y · appointed 2019-08-09 · resigned 2023-02-26
Resigned
RANSON, Steven John→
director · ~73y · resigned 2019-08-09
Resigned
SHARP, Marion→
director · ~75y · resigned 2007-06-01
Resigned
WHITE, Peter John→
director · ~76y · resigned 2000-06-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank Public Limited Company
Debenture1 property24/05/199316/07/2019
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property14/03/199109/09/1993

Recent filings (120 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-05-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22