APD GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive
07423847 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£551.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £551,606

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£552k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£110k£221k£331k£441k£552kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£551.6k£551.6k
Debtors£10.2k£10.2k
Net assets£551.6k£551.6k

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.

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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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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-01
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  3. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2021-04-26
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  12. 2021-03-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-12-31
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    TYRRELL, Jim resigned
    director
  14. 2020-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2018-11-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2018-09-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-01-05
    ➕
    WARING, John Graham appointed
    director
  20. 2018-01-05
    ➕
    WHITE, Edward David appointed
    director
  21. 2018-01-05
    ➖
    JENKINS, Jeffrey Gordon resigned
    director
  22. 2010-11-17
    ➖
    BUHAGIAR, Susan resigned
    director
  23. 2010-11-17
    ➕
    JENKINS, Jeffrey Gordon appointed
    director
  24. 2010-11-17
    ➕
    TYRRELL, Jim appointed
    director
  25. 2010-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As APD GROUP LTD
  26. 2010-10-29
    ➕
    BUHAGIAR, Susan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Edw Automotive Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Edw Automotive Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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APD GROUP LTD
This company · 07423847

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Edw Automotive Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/01/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Tyrrellceased 05/01/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2010-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Arkwright House Arkwright Road
Groundwell Industrial Estate
Swindon
Wilts
SN25 5AB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WARING, John Graham→
director · ~70y · appointed 2018-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITE, Edward David→
director · ~81y · appointed 2018-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUHAGIAR, Susan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-10-29 · resigned 2010-11-17
Resigned
JENKINS, Jeffrey Gordon→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-11-17 · resigned 2018-01-05
Resigned
TYRRELL, Jim→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-11-17 · resigned 2020-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-26