A.P.PRODUCTIONS ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06210308 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-12
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (2 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
47 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-04-17
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    PRIEG, Yvonne Maria appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    PRIEG, John Henry appointed
    director
  18. 2007-04-17
    ➖
    CAMCO SOLUTIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-04-17
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    ROPOL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2007-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A.P.PRODUCTIONS ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS LIMITED
  21. 2007-04-12
    ➕
    CAMCO SOLUTIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-04-12
    ➕
    ROPOL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 67. 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 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 John Henry Prieg
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares12/04/2017

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
Incorporated2007-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

12 Allonby Way
Aylesbury
HP21 7JA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PRIEG, Yvonne Maria→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-17
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Active
PRIEG, John Henry→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-04-17
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Active
CAMCO SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-12 · resigned 2007-04-17
Resigned
ROPOL LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-04-12 · resigned 2007-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-22