APG LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02005270 · ltd · incorporated 1986-04-01
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
105 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-15
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2019-10-15
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  10. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-09-14
    ➕
    CARTER, Paul appointed
    director
  17. 2008-11-20
    ➕
    BURGESS, Richard Conrad appointed
    director
  18. 2008-11-20
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    WARNER, Malcolm James resigned
    director
  19. 1994-02-22
    ➕
    CARTER, Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 1994-02-22
    ➖
    WARNER, Patricia Stewart resigned
    secretary
  21. 1994-02-22
    ➖
    WARNER, Malcolm James resigned
    director
  22. 1986-04-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APG LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.)

Group structure

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

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Maryland Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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APG LIMITED
This company · 02005270

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
Maryland Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1986-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Hawne Lodge
7c Westville Avenue
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY11 6BZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CARTER, Paul→
secretary · appointed 1994-02-22
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Active
BURGESS, Richard Conrad→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-11-20
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Active
CARTER, Paul→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARNER, Patricia Stewart→
secretary · resigned 1994-02-22
Resigned
WARNER, Malcolm James→
director · ~83y · resigned 2008-11-20
Resigned
WARNER, Malcolm James→
director · ~83y · resigned 1994-02-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (105 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-15
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2019-10-15