A P FLEET SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07297042 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3600 | 3600 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-16➕PARRY, Jennifer Mary appointeddirector
- 2025-10-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-21➖PARRY, Sarah Gillian resigneddirector
- 2025-10-21📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-10-21📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-21📄second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-dateannual-return · RP04AR01
- 2024-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-01➕SEWELL, David appointeddirector
- 2022-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-11📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2012-11-01➕PARRY, Sarah Gillian appointeddirector
- 2010-07-08➕PARRY, Sarah Gillian appointedsecretary
- 2010-07-08➕PARRY, Adrian Warren appointeddirector
- 2010-07-08➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
- 2010-06-28🏢Company incorporatedAs A P FLEET SERVICES LIMITED
- 2010-06-28➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adrian Parry Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Registered office
Lea Green
Lea Green Industrial Estate
St. Helens
Merseyside
WA9 4QU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
PARRY, Sarah Gillian→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-07-08
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PARRY, Adrian Warren→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2010-07-08
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PARRY, Jennifer Mary→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2026-03-16
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SEWELL, David→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2023-04-01
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-06-28 · resigned 2010-07-08
PARRY, Sarah Gillian→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2012-11-01 · resigned 2025-10-21
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/11/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (57 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-24
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-10-21
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20