APEX CREATIVE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02986464 · ltd · incorporated 1994-11-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£267k£534k£801k£1.1m£1.3mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£97.5k
Current assets—£1.33M
Cash—£978.2k
Debtors—£356.3k
Net assets—£97.5k
Average employees5—

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  2. 2026-02-25
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  3. 2025-12-15
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  4. 2025-11-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-11-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-11-04
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  7. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-08-05
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    COBB, George James resigned
    secretary
  9. 2025-08-05
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    COBB, George James resigned
    director
  10. 2024-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2004-04-01
    ➖
    HUNNINGS, Trevor Grant resigned
    director
  20. 2003-03-26
    ➕
    MARTIN, John Arnold appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-26
    ➖
    RENWICK, Roy Walter resigned
    director
  22. 2001-01-02
    ➕
    RENWICK, Paul appointed
    director
  23. 1999-10-01
    ➕
    COBB, George James appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-10-01
    ➖
    LONG, John Victor resigned
    secretary
  25. 1995-06-01
    ➕
    COBB, George James appointed
    director
  26. 1995-06-01
    ➕
    RENWICK, Roy Walter appointed
    director
  27. 1994-11-03
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    Company incorporated
    As APEX CREATIVE SERVICES LIMITED
  28. 1994-11-03
    ➕
    LONG, John Victor appointed
    secretary
  29. 1994-11-03
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1994-11-03
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1994-11-03
    ➕
    HUNNINGS, Trevor Grant appointed
    director
  32. 1994-11-03
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1994-11-03
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: COBB, George James resigned 2025-08-05; COBB, George James resigned 2025-08-05

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

5 St. John's Lane
London
EC1M 4BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

MARTIN, John Arnold→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RENWICK, Paul→
director · ~53y · appointed 2001-01-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COBB, George James→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-01 · resigned 2025-08-05
Resigned
LONG, John Victor→
secretary · appointed 1994-11-03 · resigned 1999-10-01
Resigned
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-11-03 · resigned 1994-11-03
Resigned
COBB, George James→
director · ~86y · appointed 1995-06-01 · resigned 2025-08-05
Resigned
HUNNINGS, Trevor Grant→
director · ~62y · appointed 1994-11-03 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
RENWICK, Roy Walter→
director · ~90y · appointed 1995-06-01 · resigned 2003-03-26
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-11-03 · resigned 1994-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-02-27
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-02-25
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-12-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-24
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-06