APPOWAY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12052830 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-17
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10130SIC 10130
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
15 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.

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-29
    ➕
    VAN KREIJ, Remy Marinus Antonius Johannes appointed
    director
  7. 2021-06-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-09
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-06-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPOWAY LTD
  11. 2019-06-17
    ➕
    BURKE, Alan Jeffrey appointed
    director
  12. 2019-06-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 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 65. 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
Mr Alan Jeffrey Burke
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/06/2019

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
Incorporated2019-06-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10120 — SIC 10120

Registered office

Hall Place Stone Street
Seal
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN15 0LG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURKE, Alan Jeffrey→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-06-17
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Active
VAN KREIJ, Remy Marinus Antonius Johannes→
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-09-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-06-17