APOLLO (HUB E & M) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09073025 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-05
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
29 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-04-30
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  4. 2023-04-28
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  5. 2022-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-10
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-07-14
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    SMITH, Bernard Dudley resigned
    secretary
  10. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2018-04-29
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  13. 2017-07-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-04-15
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2014-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As APOLLO (HUB E & M) LIMITED
  19. 2014-06-05
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    DRYBURGH, John William appointed
    director
  20. 2014-06-05
    ➕
    PILCHER, Robert Eric appointed
    director
  21. 2014-06-05
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    SMITH, Bernard Dudley appointed
    secretary

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 72 — 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 72 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John William Dryburgh
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—board control50-75% shares · board control · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Rowan House North 1 The Professional Quarter
Shrewsbury Business Park
Shrewsbury
SY2 6LG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DRYBURGH, John William→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-06-05
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Active
PILCHER, Robert Eric→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-06-05
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Active
SMITH, Bernard Dudley→
secretary · appointed 2014-06-05 · resigned 2021-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-30