APG UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03497600 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.92M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 14.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,922,526
Cash YoY
+65%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.9m
↑ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£4.8m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£965k£1.9m£2.9m£3.9m£4.8mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.92M£1.53M
Current assets£4.79M£4.82M
Cash£1.85M£1.13M
Debtors£2.93M£3.70M
Net assets£1.92M£1.53M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-04
    ➕
    CARTER-THOMAS, Jennifer Deborah appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-02-04
    ➖
    CARTER, Paul resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-02-04
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2025-02-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2017-09-15
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  18. 2017-09-06
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2014-05-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2011-09-14
    ➕
    CARTER, Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2011-08-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2008-11-20
    ➖
    WARNER, Malcolm James resigned
    director
  23. 2006-05-30
    ➕
    BURGESS, Richard Conrad appointed
    director
  24. 1998-01-22
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    Company incorporated
    As APG UK LIMITED
  25. 1998-01-22
    ➕
    CARTER, Paul appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-01-22
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-01-22
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-01-22
    ➕
    WARNER, Malcolm James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

Maryland Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Maryland Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
APG UK LIMITED
This company · 03497600

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maryland Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares22/01/2017

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

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7 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
Incorporated1998-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Hawne Lodge
7c Westville Avenue
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY11 6BZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CARTER-THOMAS, Jennifer Deborah→
secretary · appointed 2025-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURGESS, Richard Conrad→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, Paul→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, Paul→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-22 · resigned 2025-02-04
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-22 · resigned 1998-01-22
Resigned
WARNER, Malcolm James→
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-01-22 · resigned 2008-11-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—09/05/2014—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Deed of charge over credit balances1 property08/08/2011—
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-02-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29