APPLEVALE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04430676 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-03

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 23.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01410

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 23.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	400	400

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

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3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-28
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-17
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capital · SH10
2022-12-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2017-10-18
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APPLEBY, Nicola appointed
director
2017-10-18
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APPLEBY, Thomas Clayton appointed
director
2015-08-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-10-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-05-03
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Company incorporated
As APPLEVALE LIMITED
2002-05-03
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APPLEBY, James Clayton appointed
secretary
2002-05-03
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APPLEBY, James Clayton appointed
director
2002-05-03
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HENSLEY-APPLEBY, Susan Pauline appointed
director
2002-05-03
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-03
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-03
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-05-03
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-17

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Clayton Appleby Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/11/2025
Mr James Clayton Appleby Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Pauline Hensley-Appleby Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-05-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Staverton Court

Staverton

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL51 0UX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-17OVERDUE

Last: 2025-05-03