APR DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04987347 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-08
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-4.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
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 (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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 £4,730
Net assets shrinking
Down £31,419 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 118% YoY
Current Assets
£140k
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£5k£25k£55k£85k£115k£145kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£16.5k£44.1k
Current assets£139.5k£145.3k
Cash£9.3k£10.8k
Debtors£4.9k£9.8k
Net assets£-4.7k£26.7k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2021-11-30
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-07-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-16
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-01-16
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  14. 2018-12-24
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  15. 2018-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-12-10
    ➕
    BRIDGE, John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-12-10
    ➕
    BRIDGE, John appointed
    director
  19. 2003-12-10
    ➕
    COWARD, James Patrick appointed
    director
  20. 2003-12-10
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-12-10
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As APR DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
  23. 2003-12-08
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-12-08
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Patrick Coward
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 28 Heil Ffaldau
Brackla Industrial Estate
Bridgend
Mid Glamorgan
CF31 2AJ
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRIDGE, John→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-10
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Active
BRIDGE, John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-12-10
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Active
COWARD, James Patrick→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-08 · resigned 2003-12-10
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-08 · resigned 2003-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-12-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31