APPLETON POTATO MART LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02162939 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1987-09-10

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£133.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (7 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £133,787

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£520

Net Worth

£134k

Current Assets

£702

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30
Total assets	£133.8k
Current assets	£702
Cash	£520
Debtors	£182
Net assets	£133.8k

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2025-11-11
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officers · TM01
2025-10-30
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MOUNFIELD, Ronald resigned
director
2025-02-19
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accounts · AA
2024-10-28
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address · AD01
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2023-08-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-12-13
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-12-13
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officers · AP03
2018-12-01
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WILDMAN, Antony Charles appointed
secretary
2018-12-01
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GOUGH, Ian James resigned
secretary
2018-08-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2018-03-05
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2009-10-14
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WRIGHT, Ernest appointed
director
2006-10-18
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WILKINSON, Roger resigned
director
2000-10-25
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ROSTON, David appointed
director
1999-11-01
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BOOTH, John Raymond resigned
director
1999-01-28
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MOUNFIELD, Frederick resigned
director
1997-10-15
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WILKINSON, Robert Charles appointed
director
1995-09-13
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MOUNFIELD, Ronald appointed
director
1992-08-27
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WHALLEY, Sidney resigned
director
1992-08-06
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CROSS, John Massey appointed
director
1991-10-04
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BARTON, Jack resigned
director
1987-09-10
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Company incorporated
As APPLETON POTATO MART 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1987-09-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

Commonside Common Lane

Lach Dennis

Northwich

CW9 7TB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-10

Last: 2025-07-27