APAB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05424530 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-14
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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.

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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees—1500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-06
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  11. 2019-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-01
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    BLOOM, Sabina Theres appointed
    director
  17. 2016-02-01
    ➕
    BLOOM, Susan Jayne appointed
    director
  18. 2013-05-02
    ➖
    BLOOM, Margaret Doreen resigned
    secretary
  19. 2013-05-02
    ➖
    BLOOM, Margaret Doreen resigned
    director
  20. 2012-09-09
    ➖
    BLOOM, Reginald Thomas resigned
    director
  21. 2005-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As APAB LIMITED
  22. 2005-04-14
    ➕
    BLOOM, Anthony Robert John appointed
    director
  23. 2005-04-14
    ➕
    BLOOM, Peter Reginald Southwick appointed
    director
  24. 2005-04-14
    ➕
    BLOOM, Margaret Doreen appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-04-14
    ➕
    BLOOM, Margaret Doreen appointed
    director
  26. 2005-04-14
    ➕
    BLOOM, Reginald Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Reginald Southwick Bloom
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/04/2016
Anthony Robert John Bloom
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

East End Green Farm East End Green
Brightlingsea
Colchester
CO7 0SX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

BLOOM, Anthony Robert John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOOM, Peter Reginald Southwick→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOOM, Sabina Theres→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOOM, Susan Jayne→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOOM, Margaret Doreen→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-14 · resigned 2013-05-02
Resigned
BLOOM, Margaret Doreen→
director · ~99y · appointed 2005-04-14 · resigned 2013-05-02
Resigned
BLOOM, Reginald Thomas→
director · ~104y · appointed 2005-04-14 · resigned 2012-09-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20