AP COMMODITIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
09764351 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-07
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£411.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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
23 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £411,043
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,876 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£411k
↓ 6.8% YoY
Current Assets
£529k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£113k£226k£339k£451k£564kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£413.2k£443.0k
Current assets£529.2k£564.2k
Net assets£411.0k£440.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2018-09-01
    ➕
    PEIXOTO, Joanna Melanie appointed
    director
  11. 2018-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2015-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As AP COMMODITIES LTD
  15. 2015-09-07
    ➕
    PEIXOTO, Alberto Olivier appointed
    director
  16. 2015-09-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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 Alberto Olivier Peixoto
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Joanna Melanie Peixoto
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-09-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66120 — Security and commodity contracts dealing activities

Registered office

84 Brookwood Road
London
SW18 5BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PEIXOTO, Alberto Olivier→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-09-07
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PEIXOTO, Joanna Melanie→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-09-01
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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-29