APS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10723010 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-12
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46439
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46499Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.0y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 27 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-10-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Abcor Finance Securities Limited
- 2025-06-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-02-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-08-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-07-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Cynergy Business Finance Limited
- 2024-07-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-07-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-07-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-06-23✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-06-21➕SANT, Anthony Paul appointeddirector
- 2024-06-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-12🏢Company incorporatedAs APS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
- 2017-04-12➕SANT, John Frederick appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 84 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Paul Sant Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/07/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Frederick Santceased 02/07/2024· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| APT INDUSTRY AND TRADE CO., LTD→ 15287322 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| AROPLUS (UK) LIMITED→ 03407927 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46439 — SIC 46439
Registered office
Unit 10 Monarch Works Elswick Road
Fenton Industrial Estate
Stoke-On-Trent
ST4 2SH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SANT, Anthony Paul→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2024-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SANT, John Frederick→
Activedirector · ~84y · appointed 2017-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Abcor Finance Securities Abcor Finance Securities Limited | A registered charge | — | 02/10/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Cynergy Business Finance Cynergy Business Finance Limited | A registered charge | 6 properties | 31/07/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-10-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-23