A.P.D. TRUCK MIXER REPAIRS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07442456 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.45M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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 8.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.9 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
39 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,454,680
Cash YoY
+27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£739k
↑ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 8.2% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£297k£595k£892k£1.2m£1.5mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.45M£1.34M
Current assets£1.49M£1.35M
Cash£738.8k£582.5k
Debtors£718.0k£766.5k
Net assets£1.45M£1.34M

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-01
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    ATTWOOD, Andrew John appointed
    director
  4. 2026-04-01
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    ATTWOOD, Andrew John resigned
    director
  5. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2024-10-03
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  7. 2024-06-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-06-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-09
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  11. 2021-06-24
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  12. 2020-05-12
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  13. 2019-10-01
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  14. 2018-11-15
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  15. 2017-07-25
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-07-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  17. 2017-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-02-22
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2016-08-10
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-05-01
    ➕
    ATTWOOD, Andrew John appointed
    director
  21. 2011-04-01
    ➕
    ATTWOOD, Alan David appointed
    director
  22. 2010-11-23
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    ATTWOOD, Andrew John resigned
    director
  23. 2010-11-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.P.D. TRUCK MIXER REPAIRS LTD
  24. 2010-11-17
    ➕
    MERLIN BUSINESS SERVICES UK LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2010-11-17
    ➕
    ATTWOOD, Christopher appointed
    director
  26. 2010-11-17
    ➕
    ATTWOOD, Andrew John 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 74 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Attwood
Individual · English · DOB 01/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2016

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
Incorporated2010-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

Staffordshire Knot
Pinfold Street
Darlaston
West Midlands
WS10 8TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MERLIN BUSINESS SERVICES UK LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-17
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Active
ATTWOOD, Alan David→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active
ATTWOOD, Andrew John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2026-04-01
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Active
ATTWOOD, Christopher→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATTWOOD, Andrew John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-05-01 · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned
ATTWOOD, Andrew John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-11-17 · resigned 2010-11-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—18/07/201717/06/2024

Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-12