APS CATERING AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
07219860 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒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 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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 Assets
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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 · IFRS
Metric2025-03-292024-03-29
Average employees13001300

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-02
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    SHARP, Bethan Wendy resigned
    director
  4. 2025-09-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-09-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-12-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2023-12-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-12-01
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    KELLY, Joel Martyn resigned
    director
  12. 2023-09-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2023-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2022-09-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2022-07-01
    ➕
    KELLY, Joel Martyn appointed
    director
  19. 2022-07-01
    ➕
    SHARP, Bethan Wendy appointed
    director
  20. 2022-05-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  21. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2021-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2019-09-12
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    HOLTOM, Mark appointed
    director
  25. 2010-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As APS CATERING AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
  26. 2010-04-12
    ➕
    SHARP, Wendy Susan appointed
    secretary
  27. 2010-04-12
    ➕
    SHARP, Adam Paul Brian appointed
    director
  28. 2010-04-12
    ➕
    SHARP, Paul Eric Boyd appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Eric Boyd Sharp
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Adam Paul Sharp
Individual · British · DOB 01/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/09/2023

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
Incorporated2010-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

18 Dodge Fold
Offerton
Stockport
Cheshire
SK2 5YN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SHARP, Wendy Susan→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLTOM, Mark→
director · ~32y · appointed 2019-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARP, Adam Paul Brian→
director · ~35y · appointed 2010-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHARP, Paul Eric Boyd→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KELLY, Joel Martyn→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-07-01 · resigned 2023-12-01
Resigned
SHARP, Bethan Wendy→
director · ~32y · appointed 2022-07-01 · resigned 2025-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29