APPLEWOOD LLP

💤Zombieactive
OC338860 · llp · incorporated 2008-07-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£90.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £90,619
Net assets shrinking
Down £101,689 YoY
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£102k
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£91k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£183k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£55k£110k£165k£221k£276kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£90.6k£192.3k
Current assets£182.9k£275.7k
Cash£101.8k£150.2k
Debtors£81.1k£125.4k
Net assets£90.6k£192.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  2. 2025-12-03
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  3. 2025-12-03
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  4. 2025-11-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-05-09
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  6. 2024-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-12
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  8. 2024-10-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  9. 2024-10-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  10. 2024-05-09
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  11. 2023-07-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-05-09
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  13. 2022-12-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-07-07
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  15. 2022-07-07
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  16. 2022-07-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  17. 2022-05-23
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  18. 2021-12-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-05-14
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  20. 2020-11-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-05-10
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  22. 2019-12-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-05-10
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  24. 2019-05-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  25. 2019-05-09
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  26. 2014-04-01
    ➖
    HERATY, Laura Jane resigned
    llp-designated-member
  27. 2014-04-01
    ➖
    STEVENS, Sally Elizabeth resigned
    llp-designated-member
  28. 2009-08-01
    ➕
    BORN CREATIVE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  29. 2009-08-01
    ➕
    ENTACY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  30. 2008-07-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPLEWOOD LLP
  31. 2008-07-21
    ➕
    HERATY, Laura Jane appointed
    llp-designated-member
  32. 2008-07-21
    ➕
    STEVENS, Sally Elizabeth appointed
    llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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.

🏛️
Entacy Limited
Corporate parent
🏛️
Born Creative Limited
Corporate parent
⬇
APPLEWOOD LLP
This company · OC338860

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Entacy Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Born Creative Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2008-07-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—

Registered office

17 St. Michaels Road
Winchester
SO23 9JE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BORN CREATIVE LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2009-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENTACY LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2009-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HERATY, Laura Jane→
llp-designated-member · ~55y · appointed 2008-07-21 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned
STEVENS, Sally Elizabeth→
llp-designated-member · ~57y · appointed 2008-07-21 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2026-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2024-10-12
change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · LLAD01
2024-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2024-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH02
2022-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2022-07-07