AWC PPF LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11552933 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-04
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£28.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £28,592

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£29k
↑ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£22k£32k£43k£54kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£28.6k£26.7k
Current assets£54.0k£45.5k
Net assets£28.6k£20.0k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-12
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Christine appointed
    director
  12. 2020-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AWC PPF LIMITED
  16. 2018-09-04
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Alexander William appointed
    director
  17. 2018-09-04
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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 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
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.

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
Alexander William Chapman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1999 · age 27
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/09/2018

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
Incorporated2018-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

6 Lords Court
Cricketers Way
Basildon
Essex
SS13 1SS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Alexander William→
director · ~27y · appointed 2018-09-04
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Active
CHAPMAN, Christine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2020-09-12
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-26