APPLIED TRAFFIC LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04265207 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-06
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26511
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.2y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
84 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees00

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

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Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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  2. 2025-08-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-08-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-04-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-03-31
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    TREACY, John resigned
    director
  6. 2025-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-12-10
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    capital · SH08
  14. 2019-04-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2019-04-11
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    capital · SH10
  16. 2019-04-11
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  17. 2019-02-18
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  18. 2018-01-22
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  19. 2015-06-30
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    COOK, Alan John resigned
    director
  20. 2014-01-20
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    TREACY, John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-04-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2007-11-02
    ➖
    PATTERSON, Katie Jane resigned
    director
  23. 2006-04-03
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    DI MONACO, Antonio resigned
    director
  24. 2004-08-01
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    DI MONACO, Antonio appointed
    director
  25. 2004-08-01
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    PATTERSON, Katie Jane appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-09
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    TOOMEY, Richard resigned
    director
  27. 2002-12-16
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    TOOMEY, Richard appointed
    director
  28. 2001-08-20
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    JENNER & JENNER LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  29. 2001-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLIED TRAFFIC LIMITED
  30. 2001-08-06
    ➕
    GLASSPOLE, Julian appointed
    director
  31. 2001-08-06
    ➕
    TREACY, John appointed
    secretary
  32. 2001-08-06
    ➕
    COOK, Alan John appointed
    director
  33. 2001-08-06
    ➕
    TREACY, John appointed
    director
  34. 2001-08-06
    ➕
    JENNER & JENNER LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Group structure

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

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Applied Vws Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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APPLIED TRAFFIC LIMITED
This company · 04265207

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
Applied Vws Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/03/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Julian Glasspoleceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr John Treacyceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-08-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

Unit 5 Southview Park
Marsack Street Caversham
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 5AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

GLASSPOLE, Julian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TREACY, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-06 · resigned 2014-01-20
Resigned
COOK, Alan John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-08-06 · resigned 2015-06-30
Resigned
DI MONACO, Antonio→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2006-04-03
Resigned
PATTERSON, Katie Jane→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2007-11-02
Resigned
TOOMEY, Richard→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-12-16 · resigned 2003-01-09
Resigned
TREACY, John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-08-06 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
JENNER & JENNER LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-08-06 · resigned 2001-08-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property02/04/2008—
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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05