A.P.H. WINDOWS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
04431039 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-03
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 2025
Net worth
£1.15M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -55% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,149,454
Cash draining
Cash down 55% YoY
Cash YoY
-55%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£404k
↓ 55% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£233k£465k£698k£930k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.15M£969.8k
Current assets£1.16M£940.1k
Cash£404.2k£904.7k
Debtors£734.3k£10.9k
Net assets£1.15M£969.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-01
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-06-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-06-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2021-06-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-16
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A.P.H. WINDOWS LTD.
  17. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    HODGETTS, Brigette Anita appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    HEALEY, Cheryl appointed
    director
  19. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    HODGETTS, Adrian Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    HODGETTS, Brigette Anita appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Brigette Anita Hodgetts
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/05/2016

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
Incorporated2002-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25120 — SIC 25120

Registered office

Unit H1 Halesfield 19
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 4QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HODGETTS, Brigette Anita→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEALEY, Cheryl→
director · ~45y · appointed 2002-05-03
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Active
HODGETTS, Adrian Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HODGETTS, Brigette Anita→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12