APPLE TREES NURSERY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13588205 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-26
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Child day-care activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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£6k£12k£18k£24k£29kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets—£5.1k
Current assets—£29.5k
Net assets—£3.9k
Average employees2900—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-09-07
    ➕
    SMITH, Alisa Claire appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-07
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-09-06
    ➖
    SMITH, Alisa Claire resigned
    director
  8. 2024-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-04-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-04-16
    ➕
    SMITH, Alisa Claire appointed
    director
  12. 2023-02-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2023-02-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2023-02-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2023-02-11
    ➖
    SMITH, Alisa resigned
    secretary
  16. 2023-02-11
    ➖
    SMITH, Alisa Claire resigned
    director
  17. 2022-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2022-08-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2022-08-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2022-08-05
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  21. 2022-07-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Alisa Claire appointed
    director
  22. 2021-09-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Alisa appointed
    secretary
  23. 2021-09-27
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  24. 2021-09-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  25. 2021-09-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  26. 2021-09-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  27. 2021-09-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  28. 2021-08-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPLE TREES NURSERY LTD
  29. 2021-08-26
    ➕
    SMITH, Kyle Lyndon appointed
    director
  30. 2021-08-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

Hazara Holdings Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Hazara Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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APPLE TREES NURSERY LTD
This company · 13588205

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
Hazara Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/08/2022
Mr Kyle Lyndon Smith
Individual · British · DOB 07/1995 · age 31
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/08/2021

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
Incorporated2021-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC88910 — Child day-care activities

Registered office

35 Cromwell Road
Wolverhampton
WV10 8AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Alisa Claire→
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Kyle Lyndon→
director · ~31y · appointed 2021-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Alisa→
secretary · appointed 2021-09-27 · resigned 2023-02-11
Resigned
SMITH, Alisa Claire→
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-04-16 · resigned 2024-09-06
Resigned
SMITH, Alisa Claire→
director · ~30y · appointed 2022-07-22 · resigned 2023-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25