APC (GB) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03354916 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-17

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£5.71M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.9y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

23 officers (7 active, 23 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,705,319

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,766,811 YoY

Cash YoY

-28%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£816k

↓ 28% YoY

Net Worth

£5.7m

↓ 33% YoY

Current Assets

£5.6m

↓ 33% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£6.19M	£8.93M
Current assets	£5.57M	£8.37M
Cash	£816.1k	£1.13M
Debtors	£2.50M	£1.81M
Net assets	£5.71M	£8.47M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2026-02-02
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POSKITT, Richard James Robert appointed
director
2026-02-02
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officers · AP01
2025-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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officers · AP01
2024-10-03
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VERSTERRE, Thomas Boudewijn appointed
director
2024-09-12
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accounts · AA
2024-08-13
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officers · TM01
2024-07-31
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SMITH, Andrew Richard resigned
director
2023-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
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JEEWOOTH, Ben Omar appointed
secretary
2023-05-15
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BRAIDE, Jonathan Gordon resigned
secretary
2023-05-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-15
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-11-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-02
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JEEWOOTH, Ben Omar appointed
director
2022-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-01
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KUCERA, Dawn appointed
director
2020-12-01
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RUSSELL, Louis Edward resigned
director
2019-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-16
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MORRIS, Paul Anthony resigned
director
2018-11-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-10-15
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officers · TM01
2018-10-09
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FRANKL, Gerald Michael appointed
director
2018-10-09
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LAURIDSEN, Nixon E resigned
director
2018-10-09
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RUSSELL, Louis Edward appointed
director
2018-10-09
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WHEELER, John Francis resigned
director
2013-05-14
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DE MULDER, Anthony John resigned
director
2013-05-13
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SMITH, Andrew Richard appointed
director
2013-03-31
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BRAIDE, William Gordon resigned
director
2012-01-27
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-09-20
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GIBERT PEREZ, Alberto appointed
director
2010-09-20
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JACOBSEN, Roger Dean resigned
director
2010-09-20
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WHEELER, John Francis appointed
director
2009-10-01
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BARNES, Keith Allen resigned
director
2008-07-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-07-16
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MORRIS, Paul Anthony appointed
director
2007-06-22
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REYNOLDS, Charles resigned
director
2005-11-25
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BRAIDE, Jonathan Gordon appointed
secretary
2005-11-25
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MCLENNAN, Robert Gordon resigned
secretary
1997-05-21
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BARNES, Keith Allen appointed
director
1997-04-21
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FISH, John George resigned
secretary
1997-04-21
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MCLENNAN, Robert Gordon appointed
secretary
1997-04-21
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BRAIDE, William Gordon appointed
director
1997-04-21
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CREED, Angus Francis Roche resigned
director
1997-04-21
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DE MULDER, Anthony John appointed
director
1997-04-21
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FISH, John George resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

Saria Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Saria Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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APC (GB) LIMITED

This company · 03354916

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Saria Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Nixon Lauridsen Individual · American · DOB 01/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-04-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Ings Road

Doncaster

South Yorkshire

DN5 9TL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-01

Last: 2026-04-17