APOLLO PLANT HIRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08494898 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-18
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£398.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47520Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £398,658
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£399k
Current Assets
£502k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £398.7k | — |
| Current assets | £502.0k | — |
| Net assets | £398.7k | — |
| Average employees | — | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-23➕KNIGHT, Barbara appointeddirector
- 2025-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-04-18🏢Company incorporatedAs APOLLO PLANT HIRE LIMITED
- 2013-04-18➕KNIGHT, Desmond Stuart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Barbara Knight Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/03/2025 |
Mr Desmond Knight Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery
Registered office
6 Lords Court
Cricketers Way
Basildon
Essex
SS13 1SS
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
KNIGHT, Barbara→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2025-04-23
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KNIGHT, Desmond Stuart→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2013-04-18
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Recent filings (50 total)
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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