APPSXCHANGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04337994 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-11

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

£-180.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 50200

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £180,816

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£181k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£646

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-180.8k	£-180.8k
Current assets	£646	—
Debtors	£646	£646
Net assets	£-180.8k	£-180.8k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-09-01
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2024-06-26
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2023-09-12
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accounts · AA
2022-09-23
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accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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accounts · AA
2019-09-18
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accounts · AA
2019-02-15
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officers · CH02
2019-02-15
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officers · CH01
2019-02-15
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officers · CH02
2018-09-28
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accounts · AA
2017-09-26
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accounts · AA
2016-09-05
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accounts · AA
2016-01-13
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-13
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officers · CH02
2011-11-23
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WILSON, Richard Neil appointed
director
2006-05-10
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SURREY CORPORATE SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-05-10
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THB ASSOCIATES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-05-05
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ITSL NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2005-12-13
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ABDULLATIFF, Mohammad Assad Yussuf resigned
director
2005-12-13
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MARKHAM, Stephen Michael resigned
director
2005-02-23
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ABDULLATIFF, Mohammad Assad Yussuf appointed
director
2005-02-23
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MARKHAM, Stephen Michael appointed
director
2005-02-23
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WRIGHT, Martin Nicholas resigned
director
2005-02-23
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AVONDALE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2004-09-07
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THB ASSOCIATES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-02-11
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LMG SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2003-02-27
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GIBSON, Raymond Terry resigned
director
2003-02-27
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AVONDALE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2002-01-22
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FLANAGAN, Sean Birch resigned
director
2002-01-22
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GIBSON, Raymond Terry appointed
director
2001-12-11
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Company incorporated
As APPSXCHANGE LIMITED
2001-12-11
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ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-11
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ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-11
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LMG SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-12-11
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FLANAGAN, Sean Birch appointed
director
2001-12-11
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WRIGHT, Martin Nicholas appointed
director
2001-12-11
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ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-12-11
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ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 20 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Morton Vaughan Lavarack Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	11/12/2016

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

Incorporated2001-12-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

1 & 2 Studley Court Mews, Studley Court Guildford Road

Chobham

Woking

Surrey

GU24 8EB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-25

Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

SURREY CORPORATE SERVICES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-10

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Active

WILSON, Richard Neil→

director · ~69y · appointed 2011-11-23

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Active

ITSL NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-05-05

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-11 · resigned 2001-12-11

Resigned

LMG SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-12-11 · resigned 2004-02-11

Resigned

THB ASSOCIATES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-09-07 · resigned 2006-05-10

Resigned

ABDULLATIFF, Mohammad Assad Yussuf→

director · ~52y · appointed 2005-02-23 · resigned 2005-12-13

Resigned

FLANAGAN, Sean Birch→

director · ~62y · appointed 2001-12-11 · resigned 2002-01-22

Resigned

GIBSON, Raymond Terry→

director · ~84y · appointed 2002-01-22 · resigned 2003-02-27

Resigned

MARKHAM, Stephen Michael→

director · ~69y · appointed 2005-02-23 · resigned 2005-12-13

Resigned

WRIGHT, Martin Nicholas→

director · ~71y · appointed 2001-12-11 · resigned 2005-02-23

Resigned

ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-11 · resigned 2001-12-11

Resigned

AVONDALE NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-02-27 · resigned 2005-02-23

Resigned

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