APPLICATION TAPE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04771213 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-20
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£220.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £220,371
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,570 YoY
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£169k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£220k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£694k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£143k£287k£430k£573k£717kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£238.6k£266.7k
Current assets£694.1k£716.7k
Cash£168.7k£198.1k
Debtors£359.3k£334.4k
Net assets£220.4k£237.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-19
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-05-18
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    HOLT, Alan Whitehead resigned
    director
  11. 2020-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-01-21
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    HOLT, Alan Whitehead appointed
    director
  18. 2003-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLICATION TAPE COMPANY LIMITED
  19. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    HOLT, Paul Andrew appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    BRAND, Lee Warren appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    HOLT, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-05-20
    ➖
    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2003-05-20
    ➖
    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 3c Buckley Road Industrial Estate
Buckley Road
Rochdale
OL12 9EF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HOLT, Paul Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRAND, Lee Warren→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLT, Paul Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned
HOLT, Alan Whitehead→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-01-21 · resigned 2020-05-18
Resigned
ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20