94 APPAREL LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14506637 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-25
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
2
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-05-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-05-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-04-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Finbiz Funding Limited
- 2024-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-22➕DAVID-BROWN, Andrew Desmond appointeddirector
- 2023-02-22➖MEETEN, Liam Nicholas Eric resigneddirector
- 2023-02-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-20➕MEETEN, Liam Nicholas Eric appointeddirector
- 2022-12-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-25🏢Company incorporatedAs 94 APPAREL LTD
- 2022-11-25➕COPELAND, Joseph appointeddirector
- 2022-11-25📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Joseph Copeland Individual · British · DOB 11/1994 · age 32 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 25/11/2022 |
Mr Andrew Desmond David-Brown Individual · British · DOB 07/1995 · age 31 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 22/02/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Liam Nicholas Eric Meetenceased 22/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 DANI TRANSPORT LTD→ 14328522 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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| 320 AVIATION LTD→ 13808720 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 360 MOVERS LTD→ 14135648 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 3D’S “R” USS LTD→ 06485637 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
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| 747 EXPRESS FREIGHT LIMITED→ 04457269 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
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| ACER PLANT AND GRAB HIRE LIMITED→ 12961128 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ACO (STOKE ON TRENT) LIMITED→ 09196034 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road
Registered office
Unit 1, The Counting House Sandy Lane
Ettiley Heath
Sandbach
CW11 3NG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
COPELAND, Joseph→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2022-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVID-BROWN, Andrew Desmond→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2023-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MEETEN, Liam Nicholas Eric→
Resigneddirector · ~31y · appointed 2022-12-20 · resigned 2023-02-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Finbiz Funding Finbiz Funding Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/04/2024 | 20/05/2024 |
Recent filings (24 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-22