APH INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16206936 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-24
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-06
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-01-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APH INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  3. 2025-01-24
    FOWLER, Adrian George appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-24
    FOWLER, Penelope Jane appointed
    director
  5. 2025-01-24
    LEWIS, Hannah Elizabeth appointed
    director
  6. 2025-01-24
    📄
    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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
Mrs Hannah Elizabeth Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Ryde House The Village
Skelton
York
North Yorkshire
YO30 1XY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FOWLER, Adrian George
director · ~77y · appointed 2025-01-24
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Active
FOWLER, Penelope Jane
director · ~76y · appointed 2025-01-24
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Active
LEWIS, Hannah Elizabeth
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-01-24
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-24