A AND P ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

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04476590 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-03
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£-37.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £37,383
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash draining
Cash down 99% YoY
Cash YoY
-99%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
↓ 99% YoY
Net Worth
-£37k
↓ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£50k
↓ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£37k-£20k-£2k£16k£34k£52kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£-21.3k£-14.8k
Current assets£49.9k£51.9k
Cash£1£165
Debtors£10.0k£12.5k
Net assets£-37.4k£-36.1k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  3. 2023-04-26
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  4. 2022-06-16
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  5. 2021-06-23
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  6. 2020-04-27
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  7. 2019-04-30
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  9. 2017-07-21
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  10. 2017-04-28
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  11. 2016-07-28
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  13. 2015-08-14
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  16. 2010-09-28
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    JONES, Alan Griffiths resigned
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  17. 2002-07-17
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    RADFORD, Peter Edward appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-07-17
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    RADFORD, Diane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-07-17
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    JONES, Alan Griffiths appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A AND P ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
  21. 2002-07-03
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    RADFORD, Peter Edward appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-03
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    RADFORD, Diane appointed
    secretary

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Edward Radford
Individual · Welsh · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · board control · significant influence · firm interest27/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Unit 4 Glan Llwyd Tyn Y Bonau Road
Pontarddulais
Swansea
SA4 8SF
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

RADFORD, Peter Edward→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-17
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Active
RADFORD, Peter Edward→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-07-03
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Active
RADFORD, Diane→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2002-07-17
Resigned
JONES, Alan Griffiths→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-07-17 · resigned 2010-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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2023-08-21
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2023-04-26
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2022-08-19
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2022-06-16
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2021-08-25
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2021-06-23
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2020-07-22
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2020-04-27
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2019-07-31
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2019-04-30
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