APPLEBY JONES LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16726058 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-18
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
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPLEBY JONES LIMITED
  2. 2025-09-18
    APPLEBY, Caroline Jane appointed
    director
  3. 2025-09-18
    APPLEBY, Samuel Rogerson appointed
    director
  4. 2025-09-18
    JONES, Michelle Marie appointed
    director
  5. 2025-09-18
    JONES, Paul Richard appointed
    director
  6. 2025-09-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "APPLEBY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47760 — SIC 47760

Registered office

7 Princes Square
Harrogate
HG1 1ND
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-18
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last:

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

APPLEBY, Caroline Jane
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-09-18
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Active
APPLEBY, Samuel Rogerson
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-09-18
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Active
JONES, Michelle Marie
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-09-18
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Active
JONES, Paul Richard
director · ~48y · appointed 2025-09-18
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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-18