APODI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05705233 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£1.12M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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 18.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.4 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (9 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,119,724

Cash YoY

-6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£983k

↓ 5.7% YoY

Net Worth

£1.1m

↑ 6.3% YoY

Current Assets

£3.3m

↑ 56% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.15M	£1.09M
Current assets	£3.32M	£2.13M
Cash	£982.7k	£1.04M
Debtors	£2.33M	£1.08M
Net assets	£1.12M	£1.05M

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-09-05
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officers · CH01
2022-09-05
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officers · CH01
2022-09-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-04
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2020-08-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-28
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incorporation · MA
2020-07-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-05-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-02-14
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JEGGO, Lynn appointed
director
2010-01-11
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THOMAS, Hywel Lloyd appointed
director
2009-03-31
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MURPHY, Mark appointed
director
2008-11-01
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KERRIDGE, Stephen appointed
director
2008-09-04
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FACHIRI, Gillian Anne appointed
director
2008-09-04
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SUNLEY, Sharon Margaret appointed
director
2008-03-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2007-07-31
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SWIFT, Lynne Roberta appointed
secretary
2007-07-31
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SWIFT, Sian resigned
secretary
2006-03-20
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SWIFT, Anthony Hugh appointed
director
2006-03-20
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SWIFT, Lynne Roberta appointed
director
2006-03-20
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SWIFT, Sian appointed
secretary
2006-02-10
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Company incorporated
As APODI LIMITED
2006-02-10
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-02-10
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-02-10
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-02-10
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony Hugh Swift Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Lynne Roberta Swiftceased 14/02/2019· significant influence
Mr Anthony Hugh Swiftceased 18/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2006-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

One St Peter's Road

St Peter's Road

Maidenhead

Berkshire

SL6 7QU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-11

Last: 2025-08-28