APPROVED PROPERTY FINANCE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11914084 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-29
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£98.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £98,281
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£54k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£98k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£237k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£47k£95k£142k£190k£237kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£98.3k£69.8k
Current assets£237.3k£214.6k
Cash£54.2k£113.0k
Debtors£183.1k£101.6k
Net assets£98.3k£69.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-08
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-03-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-22
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-06-22
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2023-06-12
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2023-06-12
    📄
    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  9. 2023-06-01
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2023-06-01
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-03-09
    BAUGH, Laurie appointed
    director
  12. 2023-03-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-01-20
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  14. 2023-01-20
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2023-01-20
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-11-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2022-11-02
    DURKAN, Gregory Mark resigned
    director
  19. 2022-03-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  20. 2022-03-28
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2022-03-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2020-11-20
    DUNN, Rory David appointed
    director
  23. 2019-03-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPROVED PROPERTY FINANCE LTD
  24. 2019-03-29
    DURKAN, Gregory Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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.)

Group structure

Approved Finance Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Approved Finance Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
APPROVED PROPERTY FINANCE LTD
This company · 11914084

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Approved Finance Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/05/2023
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Rory David Dunnceased 24/05/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Approved Finance Limitedceased 20/01/2023· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Gregory Mark Durkanceased 20/11/2020· 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
Incorporated2019-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

4 Pavilion Court 600 Pavilion Drive
Brackmills Business Park
Northampton
NN4 7SL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BAUGH, Laurie
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-03-09
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Active
DUNN, Rory David
director · ~40y · appointed 2020-11-20
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Active
DURKAN, Gregory Mark
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-03-29 · resigned 2022-11-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-09
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-06-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-06-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-06-12
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-06-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-06-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-09