APPLE AND BEARS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08229983 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£180.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £180,588

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£181k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£36k£72k£108k£144k£181kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£21.5k£40.8k
Current assets£21.5k£40.8k
Net assets£180.6k£164.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-13
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    BUTT, Dean Jerry appointed
    director
  2. 2025-10-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-10
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-08-27
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    BUTT, Shabeena resigned
    director
  5. 2025-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2024-06-30
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  7. 2023-06-29
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  8. 2022-06-13
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  9. 2021-07-28
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  10. 2020-06-05
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  11. 2019-06-26
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  12. 2018-06-29
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  13. 2017-06-29
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  14. 2016-06-30
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  15. 2015-11-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-10-07
    ➕
    BUTT, Khadija appointed
    director
  17. 2015-10-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2014-07-01
    ➖
    BUTT, Khadija resigned
    director
  19. 2013-09-01
    ➕
    BUTT, Khadija appointed
    director
  20. 2013-06-29
    ➖
    BUTT, Hamza resigned
    director
  21. 2013-06-01
    ➕
    BUTT, Shabeena appointed
    director
  22. 2012-09-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPLE AND BEARS LIMITED
  23. 2012-09-26
    ➕
    BUTT, Hamza appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-09-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Tithe Lane
Wraysbury
Staines
Middlesex
TW19 5NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BUTT, Dean Jerry→
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-10-13
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Active
BUTT, Khadija→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTT, Hamza→
director · ~44y · appointed 2012-09-26 · resigned 2013-06-29
Resigned
BUTT, Khadija→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-09-01 · resigned 2014-07-01
Resigned
BUTT, Shabeena→
director · ~40y · appointed 2013-06-01 · resigned 2025-08-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-05