APOLLO DATAWORKS LTD

🌱Startupactive
16227164 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-04
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
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Data processing, hosting and related activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
    KAVANAGH, Peter James resigned
    director
  2. 2026-05-18
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-02-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APOLLO DATAWORKS LTD
  4. 2025-02-04
    YEOMAN, Charles William Metcalfe appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-04
    KAVANAGH, Peter James appointed
    director
  6. 2025-02-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Kipp K Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Greystone Capital Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
APOLLO DATAWORKS LTD
This company · 16227164

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Pete Grogan
Individual · New Zealander,Irish · DOB 12/1977 · age 49
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/02/2025
Kipp K Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/02/2025
Greystone Capital Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/02/2025

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
Incorporated2025-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63110 — Data processing, hosting and related activities

Registered office

C/O Yorkshire Accountants Ripon Eva Lett House
1 South Crescent
Ripon
HG4 1SN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

YEOMAN, Charles William Metcalfe
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-02-04
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Active
KAVANAGH, Peter James
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-02-04 · resigned 2026-05-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (3 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-04