APPLERANGE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
01894501 · ltd · incorporated 1985-03-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
92 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
80
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £6,085
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,514 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 53% YoY
Cash YoY
-53%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£13k
↓ 53% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 61% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.1k | £15.6k |
| Current assets | £13.4k | £28.2k |
| Cash | £13.4k | £28.2k |
| Net assets | £6.1k | £15.6k |
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 (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-08-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2002-05-28➖QUDDOOS, Larzana resigneddirector
- 1994-05-18➕QUDDOOS, Larzana appointeddirector
- 1985-03-12🏢Company incorporatedAs APPLERANGE LIMITED
- 1985-03-12➕QUDDOOS, Abdul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 41 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 41 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Abdul Quddoos Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2016 |
Mrs Farzana Naseem Quddoos Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26200 — SIC 26200
Registered office
70 Honey End Lane
Reading
RG30 4EQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
Active
QUDDOOS, Abdul→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 1985-03-12
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QUDDOOS, Larzana→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 1994-05-18 · resigned 2002-05-28
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Recent filings (92 total)
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2023-12-22
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2022-12-22
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2022-07-02
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2021-12-23
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2021-06-24
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2020-11-15
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2020-06-19
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2019-11-13
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2019-06-26
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