APGL HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC512829 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (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: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-29➕PURVES, Flora Sheena May appointeddirector
- 2023-09-29➕TOWERS, Angus Alexander appointeddirector
- 2023-09-28➖PURVES, Ian Easton resigneddirector
- 2022-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-05-14📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2020-05-14📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2020-05-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-11➕TOWERS, Angus Alexander appointedsecretary
- 2015-11-11➕PURVES, Andrew Adam appointeddirector
- 2015-11-11➖DEANE, David William resigneddirector
- 2015-11-11➕PURVES, Ian Easton appointeddirector
- 2015-08-11🏢Company incorporatedAs APGL HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2015-08-11➕DEANE, David William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Adam Purves Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P MECHANICAL SPARES LTD→ SC869959 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADAM PURVES & SON, LIMITED→ SC020958 · est 1939 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 87y | — | — |
| ADAM PURVES GALASHIELS LIMITED→ SC194613 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
| ALLIED TRUCK & TRAILER COMPONENTS LIMITED→ SC818724 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ARMSTRONGS GARAGE LIMITED→ SC444588 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| B.H.P. (NORHAM) LIMITED→ 04459674 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| BANKHEAD MOT AND REPAIR CENTRE LIMITED→ 14788792 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BILLY COWE (COMMERCIALS) LTD→ SC447508 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| BODY REPAIR SERVICES (EARLSTON) LIMITED→ SC049880 · est 1972 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 54y | — | — |
| BONJEDWARD GARAGE LTD→ SC877995 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BORDER AUTOCARE & TYRE SERVICES LIMITED→ SC217592 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Registered office
C/O Adam Purves Galashiels Limited
Wilderhaugh
Galashiels
Selkirkshire
TD1 1PW
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
TOWERS, Angus Alexander→
Activesecretary · appointed 2015-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PURVES, Andrew Adam→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2015-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PURVES, Flora Sheena May→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2023-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TOWERS, Angus Alexander→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2023-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEANE, David William→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-08-11 · resigned 2015-11-11
PURVES, Ian Easton→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · appointed 2015-11-11 · resigned 2023-09-28
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Recent filings (38 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13