APL EVENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08273236 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-30
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.
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees400400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-07-03
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  3. 2024-07-26
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  4. 2023-07-28
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  5. 2022-09-07
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-17
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-10-26
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  9. 2020-10-26
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  10. 2020-10-26
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-07-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-05-19
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  13. 2019-07-03
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  14. 2018-05-04
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  15. 2017-05-12
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As APL EVENT LIMITED
  17. 2012-10-30
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    LUDFORD, Anita appointed
    director
  18. 2012-10-30
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    LUDFORD, Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2012-10-30
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    LUDFORD, Philip appointed
    director
  20. 2012-10-30
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    SMITH, Victoria appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Mullen Stoker House Mandale Park
Belmont Industrial Estate
Durham
DH1 1TH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

LUDFORD, Anita→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-10-30
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Active
LUDFORD, Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-10-30
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Active
LUDFORD, Philip→
director · ~40y · appointed 2012-10-30
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Active
SMITH, Victoria→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-10-30
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-26