APOLLO OPTICAL MANUFACTURING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01942104 · ltd · incorporated 1985-08-27

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 39.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26701

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 · oldest 39.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 39.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	600	600

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

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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

filing

• 1 address

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-07-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-09
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-04-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-30
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BROWN, James appointed
director
2025-01-30
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CARTER, Lucy appointed
director
2024-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-28
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2000-03-01
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BROWN, Kevin John appointed
secretary
2000-03-01
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WADDICOR, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2000-03-01
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WADDICOR, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
director
1999-03-19
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Charge satisfied #2
1999-03-19
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Charge satisfied #1
1986-10-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1986-10-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1985-08-27
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Company incorporated
As APOLLO OPTICAL MANUFACTURING LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BROWN, James (same surname) appointed 2025-01-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1985-08-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26701 — SIC 26701

Registered office

12b Carvers Trading Estate

Ringwood

BH24 1JS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-23

Last: 2025-07-09