APPLEGARTH ENGINEERING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05858271 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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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: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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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
Metric2025-03-282024-03-28
Average employees200200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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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. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-10-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-11
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  9. 2022-09-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2022-03-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-12-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2010-07-31
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    THOMPSON, Lynn Marie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-07-07
    ➖
    DAVIES, Jamie resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-07-07
    ➖
    DAVIES, Jamie resigned
    director
  20. 2006-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLEGARTH ENGINEERING LIMITED
  21. 2006-06-26
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    THOMPSON, Peter John appointed
    director
  22. 2006-06-26
    ➕
    DAVIES, Jamie appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-06-26
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-06-26
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-06-26
    ➕
    DAVIES, Jamie appointed
    director
  26. 2006-06-26
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2006-06-26
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD resigned
    corporate-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter John Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Lynne Marie Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

3 Stadium Court
Plantation Road
Bromborough
Wirral
CH62 3QG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last made up to: 2025-03-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

THOMPSON, Lynn Marie→
secretary · appointed 2010-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Peter John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Jamie→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-26 · resigned 2010-07-07
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-26 · resigned 2006-06-26
Resigned
DAVIES, Jamie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-06-26 · resigned 2010-07-07
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-06-26 · resigned 2006-06-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-10-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-16