APPLICABLE SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive

04380122 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-22

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 Mar 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

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• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-06-08
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2002-02-26
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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DANCER, Donna Louise Beverley appointed
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2002-02-25
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DANCER, Andrew John appointed
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2002-02-25
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DANCER, Donna Louise Beverley appointed
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2002-02-22
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Company incorporated
As APPLICABLE SERVICES LTD
2002-02-22
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Donna Louise Beverley Dancer Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew John Dancer Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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

Incorporated2002-02-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

3 Haverigg

Burneside

Kendal

Cumbria

LA8 9HL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-03

Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DANCER, Donna Louise Beverley→

secretary · appointed 2002-02-25

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Active

DANCER, Andrew John→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-02-25

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Active

DANCER, Donna Louise Beverley→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-02-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-22 · resigned 2002-02-26

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-22 · resigned 2002-02-26

Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

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2026-02-18

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accounts · AA

2025-07-09

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address · AD01

2025-06-19

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-17

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-02-12

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officers · CH03

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officers · CH01

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