A P D GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11942359 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
25 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.

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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees30

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-10
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2021-04-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2021-03-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-03-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-05-16
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-05-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2019-05-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  15. 2019-05-14
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  16. 2019-05-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-05-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-04-29
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    TAYLOR, Adele appointed
    director
  19. 2019-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A P D GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
  20. 2019-04-12
    ➕
    BIRD, Graeme Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2019-04-12
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Simon James appointed
    director
  22. 2019-04-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

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

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

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

Apd Bird Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

🏛️
Apd Bird Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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A P D GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 11942359

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Apd Bird Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control31/03/2021
Mr Simon James Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/04/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Graeme Charles Birdceased 31/03/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated2019-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

1 Pellon Place Dyson Wood Way
Bradley Business Park
Huddersfield
HD2 1GT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BIRD, Graeme Charles→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-04-12
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Active
TAYLOR, Adele→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-04-29
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Active
TAYLOR, Simon James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-04-12
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-04-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-03-31