APCO THE ARTICHOKE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08426443 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-01
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2026-02-06
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-11-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-07-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-07-01
    ➕
    KEEN, Robert Jason appointed
    director
  8. 2023-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-01-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-04-12
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2018-03-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-07
    ➕
    MOORE-SAXTON, Aaron appointed
    director
  19. 2017-12-07
    ➖
    KEEN-PRENTICE, Victoria-Jayne resigned
    director
  20. 2015-10-14
    ➖
    KEEN, Jaime-Lee resigned
    director
  21. 2015-10-14
    ➖
    KEEN, Robert Jason resigned
    director
  22. 2015-10-14
    ➕
    KEEN-PRENTICE, Victoria-Jayne appointed
    director
  23. 2013-03-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APCO THE ARTICHOKE LTD
  24. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    KEEN, Jaime-Lee appointed
    director
  25. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    KEEN, Robert Jason appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-02-06: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

The Aspirational Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
The Aspirational Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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APCO THE ARTICHOKE LTD
This company · 08426443

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
The Aspirational Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

C/O Cevap Ltd 79 The Enterprise Centre
Cranborne Road
Potters Bar
EN6 3DQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

KEEN, Robert Jason→
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORE-SAXTON, Aaron→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEEN, Jaime-Lee→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2015-10-14
Resigned
KEEN, Robert Jason→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2015-10-14
Resigned
KEEN-PRENTICE, Victoria-Jayne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-10-14 · resigned 2017-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-11
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06