APB LEISURE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11614700 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-10
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
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees900700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2022-09-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-09-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2018-10-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-10-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-10-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-10-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-10-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-10-10
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    Company incorporated
    As APB LEISURE LIMITED
  17. 2018-10-10
    BAKER, Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2018-10-10
    BAKER, Lucy Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2018-10-10
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  20. 2018-10-10
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    director
  21. 2018-10-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lucy Jane Baker
Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/08/2022
Mr Anthony Baker
Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/10/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Graham Robertson Stephensceased 10/10/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

28 Alexandra Terrace
Exmouth
Devon
EX8 1BD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BAKER, Anthony
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-10-10
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Active
BAKER, Lucy Jane
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson
director · ~76y · appointed 2018-10-10 · resigned 2018-10-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22