APT DOWER HOUSE LTD

🌳Matureactive
10193011 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-21
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£932.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). 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
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £931,969

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£932k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£186k£373k£559k£746k£932kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£936.2k£901.9k
Debtors£46.8k£12.5k
Net assets£932.0k£897.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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  3. 2024-12-18
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  4. 2024-12-18
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  5. 2024-12-18
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  6. 2024-12-18
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  7. 2024-01-29
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  8. 2023-01-30
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  9. 2022-04-08
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  10. 2021-04-30
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  11. 2020-01-29
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  12. 2019-01-14
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  13. 2018-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-30
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As APT DOWER HOUSE LTD
  16. 2016-05-21
    ➕
    DAVIES, Philippa Mary appointed
    director
  17. 2016-05-21
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    DAVIES, William Hamilton, Dr appointed
    director
  18. 2016-05-21
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Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 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

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
Dr William Hamilton Davies
Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/05/2016
Mrs Philippa Mary Davies
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/05/2016

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
Incorporated2016-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

The Dower House Grange Lane
Thurnby
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE7 9PH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Philippa Mary→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-05-21
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Active
DAVIES, William Hamilton, Dr→
director · ~76y · appointed 2016-05-21
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28