APOLLO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD

💤Zombieactive

07165272 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-23

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£252.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46460

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.2y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £252,677

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,900 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£253k

↓ 4.5% YoY

Current Assets

£337k

↑ 9.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£252.7k	£264.6k
Current assets	£336.9k	£308.7k
Net assets	£252.7k	£264.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-06-22
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accounts · AA
2024-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-07
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2018-06-07
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Skipton Business Finance LTD
2010-02-23
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Company incorporated
As APOLLO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD
2010-02-23
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ATTWOOD, Frederick Lauder appointed
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 66. 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 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Frederick Lauder Attwood Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	23/02/2017

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

Incorporated2010-02-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460

Registered office

Fox Briars 14 Marlock Close

Fiskerton

Southwell

Nottinghamshire

NG25 0UB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-09

Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ATTWOOD, Frederick Lauder→

director · ~66y · appointed 2010-02-23

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Skipton Business Finance Skipton Business Finance LTD	A registered charge	1 property	15/05/2014	07/06/2018