APPEAR LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13454068 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-14
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 2025
Net worth
£509.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Video distribution activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 60200Television programming and broadcasting activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £509,468
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£776k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£509k
↑ 56% YoY
Current Assets
£4.0m
↑ 85% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £898.8k | £348.8k |
| Current assets | £4.05M | £2.19M |
| Cash | £776.3k | £908.0k |
| Debtors | £3.24M | £1.25M |
| Net assets | £509.5k | £325.6k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-02-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-17📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2026-02-12➕GOODWILLE LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-07-21➕MCCLELLAND, Andrew John appointeddirector
- 2025-07-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-20➕PANNELL, Alexander John appointeddirector
- 2025-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-07➖LUFF, Stephen Mark resigneddirector
- 2025-04-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-06-01➕LUFF, Stephen Mark appointeddirector
- 2023-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-19✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-06-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-06-14🏢Company incorporatedAs APPEAR LTD
- 2021-06-14➕JORGENSEN, Thomas Bostrom appointeddirector
- 2021-06-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Appear Asa is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Appear Asa
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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APPEAR LTD
This company · 13454068
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Appear Asa Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 20/02/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Arne Graeeceased 20/02/2026· 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59132 — Video distribution activities
Registered office
Benham 5, Unit 1-2 Benham Road
University Of Southampton Science Park
Chilworth
Southampton
SO16 7QJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
GOODWILLE LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2026-02-12
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JORGENSEN, Thomas Bostrom→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-06-14
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MCCLELLAND, Andrew John→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2025-07-21
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PANNELL, Alexander John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-05-20
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LUFF, Stephen Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2023-06-01 · resigned 2025-04-07
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Recent filings (22 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-24
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2026-02-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01