APHAC ENGINEERING LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC301313 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-25

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£112.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other engineering activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £112,580

Net assets shrinking

Down £18,061 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£113k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 74% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£112.6k	£130.6k
Current assets	£4.3k	£16.4k
Net assets	£112.6k	£130.6k

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-20
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2023-03-17
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2021-12-21
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2020-11-12
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2019-12-02
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2018-11-05
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2015-05-20
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2014-08-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-08-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-04-25
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Company incorporated
As APHAC ENGINEERING LTD.
2006-04-25
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HILL, Christina Louise appointed
secretary
2006-04-25
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HILL, Christina Louise appointed
director
2006-04-25
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HILL, David Peter appointed
director
2006-04-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-04-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2006-04-25
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-04-25
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Peter Hill Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/04/2017
Mrs Christina Louise Hill Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/04/2017

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

Incorporated2006-04-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

356 Auchmill Road

Bucksburn

AB21 9ND

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-09

Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HILL, Christina Louise→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-25

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Active

HILL, Christina Louise→

director · ~68y · appointed 2006-04-25

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Active

HILL, David Peter→

director · ~67y · appointed 2006-04-25

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-25 · resigned 2006-04-25

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-25 · resigned 2006-04-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	25/08/2014	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	25/08/2014	—

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