APOLLO FARMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04533340 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-12
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 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.5 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1400 | 1400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-09-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-08-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-01➖RUSH, Kenneth Lefley resigneddirector
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-14➕RUSH, Frederick Robert Charles appointeddirector
- 2023-03-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2011-04-19➕RUSH, Amanda Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2011-03-16➖WHITTON, Christopher Basil resigneddirector
- 2011-03-16➖WILSON, Peter John resigneddirector
- 2006-10-18➖GWATKIN, James Brendan Stapleton resigneddirector
- 2002-11-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 2002-09-12🏢Company incorporatedAs APOLLO FARMS LIMITED
- 2002-09-12➕RUSH, Robert Kenneth Cameron appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-12➕RUSH, Robert Kenneth Cameron appointeddirector
- 2002-09-12➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-09-12➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-09-12➕GWATKIN, James Brendan Stapleton appointeddirector
- 2002-09-12➕RUSH, Kenneth Lefley appointeddirector
- 2002-09-12➕WHITTON, Christopher Basil appointeddirector
- 2002-09-12➕WILSON, Peter John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — RUSH, Frederick Robert Charles (same surname) appointed 2023-08-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Frederick Robert Charles Rush Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 15/10/2025 |
Mr Robert Kenneth Cameron Rush Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Richard Allen James Rushceased 15/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Kenneth Lefley Rushceased 01/05/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 999 PEST CONTROL LIMITED→ 08897810 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| A. & E. G. HEADING LIMITED→ 00520618 · est 1953 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 72y | — | — |
| A. F. MACHINERY LIMITED→ 02561921 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
| A.D AGRI CONTRACTOR & PEST CONTROL LTD→ 15208516 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADAMS FAMILY FARMS LIMITED→ 12761022 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AIRFIELD FARM LIMITED→ 12112639 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ALFRED HEADING & SONS LIMITED→ 00530843 · est 1954 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 72y | — | — |
| AMARK AGRICULTURE LIMITED→ 10429961 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ANIMALS FEEDS AND SUPPLIES DISS LIMITED→ 09668949 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ANTSPIRE LIMITED→ 03324623 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
| AQUA FAUNA UK LIMITED→ 16080803 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-09-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
Hall Farm
Shimpling
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP29 4HF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03
Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
RUSH, Robert Kenneth Cameron→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-09-12
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RUSH, Amanda Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2011-04-19
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RUSH, Frederick Robert Charles→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2023-08-14
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RUSH, Robert Kenneth Cameron→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2002-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-12 · resigned 2002-09-12
GWATKIN, James Brendan Stapleton→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2002-09-12 · resigned 2006-10-18
RUSH, Kenneth Lefley→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2002-09-12 · resigned 2024-05-01
WHITTON, Christopher Basil→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2002-09-12 · resigned 2011-03-16
WILSON, Peter John→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2002-09-12 · resigned 2011-03-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Debenture | 1 property | 14/11/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (86 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-04