APPLIANCE FORCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04094311 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-23
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
74 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£1£1£2£2Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£2£2
Cash£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-09-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-09-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-09-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-03-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2025-01-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-10-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2022-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2000-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLIANCE FORCE LIMITED
  21. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    SCOGINGS, Mark Richard appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    SCOGINGS, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    SCOGINGS, Steven Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-10-23
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2000-10-23
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Richard Scogings
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/10/2016
Mr Steven Anthony Scogings
Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/10/2016

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
Incorporated2000-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Monometer House
Rectory Grove
Leigh-On-Sea
Essex
SS9 2HN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SCOGINGS, Mark Richard→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOGINGS, Mark Richard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOGINGS, Steven Anthony→
director · ~54y · appointed 2000-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2000-10-23
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2000-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-23