APPLE COUNTY CIDER CO LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06865741 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-01
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
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-47.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11030
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
10 officers (1 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £47,803
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£48k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £8.7k | £9.8k |
| Current assets | £21.2k | £18.8k |
| Net assets | £-47.8k | £-33.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-31➖JARRETT, David Laurence resigneddirector
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-20➕JARRETT, David Laurence appointeddirector
- 2021-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-18➖CULPIN, Stephanie Adele Acton resigneddirector
- 2020-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-06-07📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-05-10➖NEILL, Sophie Louisa Dorothea resignedsecretary
- 2019-04-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-16📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2018-01-02📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2017-05-01➖FORBES, John Alistair Ponsonby resigneddirector
- 2016-04-20➖CLARKE, John Owen resigneddirector
- 2014-11-11➕CLARKE, John Owen appointeddirector
- 2014-09-26➖MCCONNEL, Judith Marian resigneddirector
- 2014-06-06➖CULPIN, Alexander Harry, Mre resigneddirector
- 2012-06-21➕CULPIN, Stephanie Adele Acton appointeddirector
- 2012-03-16➖CULPIN, Benedict Alan resignedsecretary
- 2012-03-16➕NEILL, Sophie Louisa Dorothea appointedsecretary
- 2010-10-31➕CULPIN, Benedict Alan appointedsecretary
- 2010-10-31➖NEILL, Sophie Louisa Dorothea resignedsecretary
- 2009-04-01🏢Company incorporatedAs APPLE COUNTY CIDER CO LIMITED
- 2009-04-01➕CULPIN, Benedict Alan appointeddirector
- 2009-04-01➕NEILL, Sophie Louisa Dorothea appointedsecretary
- 2009-04-01➕CULPIN, Alexander Harry, Mre appointeddirector
- 2009-04-01➕FORBES, John Alistair Ponsonby appointeddirector
- 2009-04-01➕MCCONNEL, Judith Marian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
85/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanNo 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 Benedict Alan Culpin Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030
Registered office
1 Horsingtons Yard
Lion Street
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
NP7 5PN
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01
Officers (1 active · 9 resigned)
CULPIN, Benedict Alan→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2009-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CULPIN, Benedict Alan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-10-31 · resigned 2012-03-16
NEILL, Sophie Louisa Dorothea→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-03-16 · resigned 2019-05-10
NEILL, Sophie Louisa Dorothea→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2010-10-31
CLARKE, John Owen→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2014-11-11 · resigned 2016-04-20
CULPIN, Alexander Harry, Mre→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2014-06-06
CULPIN, Stephanie Adele Acton→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2012-06-21 · resigned 2020-12-18
FORBES, John Alistair Ponsonby→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2017-05-01
JARRETT, David Laurence→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-04-20 · resigned 2023-10-31
MCCONNEL, Judith Marian→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2014-09-26
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Recent filings (68 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29