APW COACHWORKS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02838403 · ltd · incorporated 1993-07-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-29
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  3. 2024-04-27
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  4. 2023-03-30
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  5. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-09
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  9. 2018-04-30
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  10. 2017-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-09-03
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  13. 2015-03-16
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-10-15
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    address · AD01
  16. 1994-07-27
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    WALICZEK, Donna Lee appointed
    secretary
  17. 1994-07-27
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    WALICZEK, Antonio Pepiono appointed
    director
  18. 1994-07-27
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    LUM, Fiorella Nicola Catherine resigned
    secretary
  19. 1994-07-27
    ➖
    LUM, Fiorella Nicola Catherine resigned
    director
  20. 1994-07-27
    ➖
    LUM, Lip Hor resigned
    director
  21. 1993-07-22
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    Company incorporated
    As APW COACHWORKS LIMITED
  22. 1993-07-22
    ➕
    LUM, Fiorella Nicola Catherine appointed
    secretary
  23. 1993-07-22
    ➕
    LUM, Fiorella Nicola Catherine appointed
    director
  24. 1993-07-22
    ➕
    LUM, Lip Hor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Antonio Pepiono Waliczek
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

Unit3 Bridgend Industrial Estate
Bridgend
CF31 3TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WALICZEK, Donna Lee→
secretary · appointed 1994-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALICZEK, Antonio Pepiono→
director · ~68y · appointed 1994-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LUM, Fiorella Nicola Catherine→
secretary · appointed 1993-07-22 · resigned 1994-07-27
Resigned
LUM, Fiorella Nicola Catherine→
director · ~63y · appointed 1993-07-22 · resigned 1994-07-27
Resigned
LUM, Lip Hor→
director · ~69y · appointed 1993-07-22 · resigned 1994-07-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

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2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
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accounts · AA
2025-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
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2024-04-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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2022-08-01
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accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-01
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accounts · AA
2019-04-09