A & P JEWELLERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09674016 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-07
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47770
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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, 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
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
28 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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
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 (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-07🏢Company incorporatedAs A & P JEWELLERY LIMITED
- 2015-07-07➕SAWYER, Paul appointeddirector
- 2015-07-07➕WOOD, Angela appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 |
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Mr Paul Sawyer Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
Ms Angela Joyce Wood Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47770 — SIC 47770
Registered office
11 Alma Vale Road
Clifton
BS8 2HL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-20
Last: 2026-07-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SAWYER, Paul→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2015-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOOD, Angela→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (28 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-06