APOLLO DOUGLAS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12449773 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-07

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 Mar 2026

Net worth

£-311

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

15 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £311

Net assets shrinking

Down £977 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£311

↓ 147% YoY

Current Assets

£85k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£-173	£1.2k
Current assets	£84.7k	£61.4k
Net assets	£-311	£666

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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2025-05-06
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2024-05-14
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2023-05-12
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2022-05-16
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2021-05-31
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2020-02-17
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2020-02-07
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Company incorporated
As APOLLO DOUGLAS LTD
2020-02-07
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BENNETT, Stephen appointed
director
2020-02-07
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MCCONNELL, Patricia Ann appointed
director
2020-02-07
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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 71 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Patricia Ann Mcconnell Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	07/02/2020

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

Incorporated2020-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82190 — Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

Registered office

36 Toulston Road

Wigan

Lancashire

WN6 7EX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-16

Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BENNETT, Stephen→

director · ~71y · appointed 2020-02-07

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MCCONNELL, Patricia Ann→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-02-07

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