AP MATERIALS LIMITED
Likely engaged in the day-to-day wholesale trading of a broad range of materials and goods — consistent with its name suggesting a focus on materials supply — operating as a small non-specialised wholesaler without restriction to a single product category.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £146.9k | £78.6k |
| Current assets | £146.8k | £78.2k |
| Net assets | £-6.8k | £47.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- 2022-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-07📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-11📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
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- 2011-05-11🏢Company incorporatedAs AP MATERIALS LIMITED
- 2011-05-11➕HWANG, Yi Joong appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Yi Joong Hwang Individual · South Korean · DOB 03/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 11/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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