AP LIFTING GEAR COMPANY LTD.
💤Zombieactive
07337550 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-05
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£4.43M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.6y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
49 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £4,426,760
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£12k
Net Worth
£4.4m
Current Assets
£9.6m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.73M |
| Current assets | £9.62M |
| Cash | £11.8k |
| Debtors | £1.13M |
| Net assets | £4.43M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-05-10➖YARNOLD, Wendy Dawn resigneddirector
- 2023-03-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-01➖YARNOLD, Christopher Andrew resigneddirector
- 2022-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-11-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-04-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2010-11-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2010-08-05🏢Company incorporatedAs AP LIFTING GEAR COMPANY LTD.
- 2010-08-05➕YARNOLD, Arthur appointeddirector
- 2010-08-05➕LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-08-05➖LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-08-05➕COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur appointeddirector
- 2010-08-05➖COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur resigneddirector
- 2010-08-05➕YARNOLD, Christopher Andrew appointeddirector
- 2010-08-05➕YARNOLD, Wendy Dawn appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Arthur Yarnold Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Wendy Dawn Yarnold Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 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 →
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760
Registered office
92 Northfield Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY2 9JQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
YARNOLD, Arthur→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2010-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-05 · resigned 2010-08-05
COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2010-08-05 · resigned 2010-08-05
YARNOLD, Christopher Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-08-05 · resigned 2023-02-01
YARNOLD, Wendy Dawn→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2010-08-05 · resigned 2023-05-10
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/11/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 04/04/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 23/11/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (49 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-03