APC COACH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05419349 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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 (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
52 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-10
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-16
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-10
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-14
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-18
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  13. 2016-04-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-11-17
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    PATEL, Kalpana resigned
    secretary
  17. 2005-04-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  18. 2005-04-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  19. 2005-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As APC COACH LIMITED
  20. 2005-04-08
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    PATEL, Alpesh appointed
    director
  21. 2005-04-08
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    PATEL, Kalpana appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-04-08
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-04-08
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Alpesh Patel
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Rickards Close
Surbiton
KT6 6RN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PATEL, Alpesh→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-04-08
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Active
PATEL, Kalpana→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-08 · resigned 2014-11-17
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-08 · resigned 2005-04-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-08 · resigned 2005-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15