APPLIANCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08910652 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-25
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£145.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -67% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.3y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £145,020
Net assets shrinking
Down £68,711 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 67% YoY
Cash YoY
-67%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£46k
↓ 67% YoY
Net Worth
£145k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↓ 8.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £312.3k | £515.2k |
| Current assets | £1.02M | £1.12M |
| Cash | £45.8k | £138.3k |
| Debtors | £174.4k | £156.1k |
| Net assets | £145.0k | £213.7k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-25📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-11-22📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-10-04➖EMMS, Carlton Edward resigneddirector
- 2024-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Amazon Capital Services (UK) LTD.
- 2017-08-01➕EMMS, Carlton appointeddirector
- 2017-08-01➖EMMS, Carlton resigneddirector
- 2017-08-01➕EMMS, Carlton Edward appointeddirector
- 2016-03-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2014-02-25🏢Company incorporatedAs APPLIANCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED
- 2014-02-25➕JIANG, Xuan appointeddirector
- 2014-02-25➕ROBINSON, Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter Robinson Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Xuan Jiang Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56 | 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
Incorporated2014-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990
Registered office
Bakers Court Hopper Hill Road
Eastfield
Scarborough
YO11 3YS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ROBINSON, Peter→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2014-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EMMS, Carlton→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2017-08-01
EMMS, Carlton Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2024-10-04
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Amazon Capital Services (UK) . Amazon Capital Services (UK) LTD. | A registered charge | — | 10/05/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 29/03/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-26
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-11-25
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-28