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AMERICAN PAN UK LTD
- · Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
- · Investment thesis: unclassified → zombie_hold
- · Opportunity score: 78 → 70
- · Hygiene score: 85 → 80
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "zombie"
Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 3 improved, 4 worsened.
- ↓Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
- ·Investment thesis: unclassified → zombie_hold
- ↓Opportunity score: 78 → 70
- ↓Hygiene score: 85 → 80
- ↑Bankability: 67 → 75
- +4 more
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Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -50% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (47/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-851.8k | £-905.3k |
| Current assets | £6.15M | £6.01M |
| Cash | £1.07M | £2.16M |
| Debtors | £4.64M | £3.27M |
| Net assets | £-1.98M | £-2.36M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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- 1993-06-14🏢Company incorporatedAs AMERICAN PAN UK LTD
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- +No director turnover: Company is 33 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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