APC ESTATES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
NI639993 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-31
Average employees0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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  2. 2025-05-28
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  3. 2024-06-26
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  4. 2024-05-30
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  5. 2023-08-03
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-25
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    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-09
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-08
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-10-01
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    CUDDY, Thomas Ian resigned
    director
  12. 2019-06-04
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-10
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-04
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    Company incorporated
    As APC ESTATES LIMITED
  15. 2016-08-04
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    CUDDY, Christopher Robert David appointed
    director
  16. 2016-08-04
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    CUDDY, Walter James appointed
    director
  17. 2016-08-04
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    KELLY, Daniel Stewart appointed
    director
  18. 2016-08-04
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    CUDDY, Thomas Ian appointed
    director
  19. 2016-08-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-08-04
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

26 Ballynorthland Park
Dungannon
Co. Tyrone
BT71 6DY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-28
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CUDDY, Christopher Robert David→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUDDY, Walter James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-08-04
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Active
KELLY, Daniel Stewart→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUDDY, Thomas Ian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-08-04 · resigned 2019-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-29