A & P TURBINE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC362565 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-13
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£190.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £189,974

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£190k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£181k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£76k£114k£152k£190kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£190.0k£184.2k
Current assets£180.9k£171.3k
Net assets£190.0k£184.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-28
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  2. 2024-04-29
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  3. 2023-04-27
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  4. 2022-07-08
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  5. 2022-07-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-04-26
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  7. 2021-04-26
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  8. 2020-04-28
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  9. 2020-03-12
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    BARNETT, Dorothy resigned
    director
  10. 2020-03-12
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    BARNETT, Thomas Reynolds resigned
    director
  11. 2020-03-12
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-03-12
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  13. 2019-04-26
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  14. 2018-04-26
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  15. 2017-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-14
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-04-03
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    BARNETT, Dorothy appointed
    director
  19. 2015-04-03
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    BARNETT, Thomas Reynolds appointed
    director
  20. 2009-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As A & P TURBINE SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2009-07-13
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    BARNETT, Amanda Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-07-13
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    BARNETT, Amanda Anne appointed
    director
  23. 2009-07-13
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    BARNETT, Paul Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Thomas Barnett
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Amanda Anne Barnett
Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Thomas Reynolds Barnettceased 12/03/2020· 25-50% shares
  • Dorothy Barnettceased 12/03/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-07-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Cairnfield 14 School Road
Balmullo
St. Andrews
Fife
KY16 0BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BARNETT, Amanda Anne→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-13
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Active
BARNETT, Amanda Anne→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-07-13
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Active
BARNETT, Paul Thomas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-07-13
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Active
BARNETT, Dorothy→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-04-03 · resigned 2020-03-12
Resigned
BARNETT, Thomas Reynolds→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-04-03 · resigned 2020-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-12