AMERICAN PACIFIC COMPUTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02490222 · ltd · incorporated 1990-04-06
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
£17.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,167

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£17k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£17k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£3k£7k£10k£14k£17kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£17.2k£17.2k
Current assets£17.2k£17.2k
Net assets£17.2k£17.2k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-10-01
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    MANJI, Batul Kassam resigned
    secretary
  17. 2009-10-01
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    MANJI, Batul Kassam resigned
    director
  18. 1990-04-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMERICAN PACIFIC COMPUTERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kassamali Habib Manji
Individual · British · DOB 08/1937 · age 89
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Batul Manji
Individual · British · DOB 01/1939 · age 87
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Sarfaraz Manji
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1990-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

17-19 James Way
Bletchley
Milton Keynes
MK1 1SU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MANJI, Kassamali Habib→
director · ~89y
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Active
MANJI, Sarfaraz Kassam→
director · ~61y
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Active
MANJI, Batul Kassam→
secretary · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
MANJI, Batul Kassam→
director · ~87y · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14