APUS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08930403 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
31 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £5,317
Net assets shrinking
Down £166 YoY
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.3k | £5.5k |
| Current assets | £14.2k | £13.5k |
| Cash | £6.2k | £5.6k |
| Debtors | £8.0k | £8.0k |
| Net assets | £5.3k | £5.5k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-01➕MITCHELL, Ian appointeddirector
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-07-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-06-27➖HUCKVALE, Charles Edward resigneddirector
- 2021-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs APUS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
- 2014-03-10➕DEES, Elizabeth Angela appointeddirector
- 2014-03-10➕HUCKVALE, Charles Edward 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 71 — 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 71 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Elizabeth Angela Dees Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Charles Edward Huckvaleceased 27/06/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts
Registered office
38 Northolme Rd
Hessle
East Yorkshire
HU13 9HS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DEES, Elizabeth Angela→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2014-03-10
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MITCHELL, Ian→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2023-10-01
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HUCKVALE, Charles Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2014-03-10 · resigned 2022-06-27
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Recent filings (31 total)
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accounts · AA
2025-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-23