API HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09022841 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-02
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£2.03M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
36 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,031,629
Cash draining
Cash down 68% YoY
Cash YoY
-68%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£503k
↓ 68% YoY
Net Worth
£2.0m
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Assets
£649k
↓ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£406k£813k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.03M£1.91M
Current assets£649.4k£1.63M
Cash£503.4k£1.58M
Debtors£146.0k£52.5k
Net assets£2.03M£1.91M

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-01-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-11-01
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Dennis Michael resigned
    director
  5. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-24
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    accounts · AA01
  13. 2020-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As API HOLDINGS LIMITED
  18. 2014-05-02
    ➕
    BAGGOTT, Trevor Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2014-05-02
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Michael John appointed
    director
  20. 2014-05-02
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Dennis Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Trevor Charles Baggott
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Michael John Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Dennis Robinsonceased 16/12/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Api Holdings Group Engineering Centre Northside, St. Andrews Business Park
Thorpe St Andrew
Norwich
Norfolk
NR7 0HT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-21
Last: 2026-07-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BAGGOTT, Trevor Charles→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-05-02
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Active
ROBINSON, Michael John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-05-02
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Active
ROBINSON, Dennis Michael→
director · ~89y · appointed 2014-05-02 · resigned 2025-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31