APS CONSORTIUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02762750 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-06
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 33.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£6
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6
~ YoY
Current Assets
£6
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1£2£4£5£6Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£6£6
Current assets£6£6
Net assets£6£6

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-19
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  2. 2024-04-15
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  3. 2023-04-21
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  4. 2022-06-27
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  5. 2021-06-24
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  6. 2021-03-03
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  7. 2019-06-05
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  8. 2018-08-29
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  9. 2017-05-10
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  10. 2016-08-10
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  11. 2015-11-02
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  12. 2015-09-23
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  13. 2014-11-26
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  14. 2014-11-26
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  15. 2014-11-26
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  16. 2011-03-30
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    SENUSSI, Omar Arbi appointed
    director
  17. 2011-03-30
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    WILTSHIRE, Jeremy Simon appointed
    director
  18. 2006-03-01
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    SENUSSI, Omar Arbi resigned
    director
  19. 2006-03-01
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    WILTSHIRE, Jeremy Simon resigned
    director
  20. 2004-05-30
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    MARTIN, Rees Thomas resigned
    director
  21. 2003-03-06
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    MARTIN, Rees Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2003-03-06
    ➕
    SENUSSI, Omar Arbi appointed
    director
  23. 2003-03-06
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    WILTSHIRE, Jeremy Simon appointed
    director
  24. 1993-03-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Stewart-Usborne Developments Limited
  25. 1992-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As APS CONSORTIUM LIMITED
  26. 1992-11-06
    ➕
    BYRNE, Peter David appointed
    secretary
  27. 1992-11-06
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    BYRNE, Peter David appointed
    director
  28. 1992-11-06
    ➕
    HARFORD, Edward Scandrett appointed
    director
  29. 1992-11-06
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1992-11-06
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1992-11-06
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1992-11-06
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter David Byrne
Individual · British · DOB 08/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-11-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

The Old Rectory
Easton Grey
Malmesbury
Wiltshire
SN16 0PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

BYRNE, Peter David→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-06
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Active
BYRNE, Peter David→
director · ~80y · appointed 1992-11-06
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Active
HARFORD, Edward Scandrett→
director · ~78y · appointed 1992-11-06
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Active
SENUSSI, Omar Arbi→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-03-30
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Active
WILTSHIRE, Jeremy Simon→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-03-30
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-06 · resigned 1992-11-06
Resigned
MARTIN, Rees Thomas→
director · ~86y · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2004-05-30
Resigned
SENUSSI, Omar Arbi→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2006-03-01
Resigned
WILTSHIRE, Jeremy Simon→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2006-03-01
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-11-06 · resigned 1992-11-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Stewart-Usborne Developments
Stewart-Usborne Developments Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property01/03/1993—
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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
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accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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2021-11-01
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accounts · AA
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-01
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accounts · AA
2019-06-05
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2018-11-07