APM HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11345505 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-05-30
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-05-30
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  13. 2018-05-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-05-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-05-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APM HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED
  16. 2018-05-04
    ➕
    ALLEN, Richard John appointed
    director
  17. 2018-05-04
    ➕
    DUKE, Michael appointed
    director
  18. 2018-05-04
    ➖
    DUKE, Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2018-05-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard John Allen
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/05/2018

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
Incorporated2018-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Hr Hub 23 Lynmouth Close
Glenfield
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE3 8RW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-17
Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ALLEN, Richard John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUKE, Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-05-04 · resigned 2018-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11