APEX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03039224 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-29
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
£18.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
82 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.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,250
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,475 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£18k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£12k£17k£21kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£18.3k£20.7k
Net assets£18.3k£20.7k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-10-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-03-31
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    officers · AP03
  12. 2019-03-29
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    BURKITT, Mark Antony appointed
    secretary
  13. 2019-01-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2019-01-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-01-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-01-14
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    BURKITT, David Albert resigned
    secretary
  17. 2019-01-14
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    BURKITT, David Albert resigned
    director
  18. 2019-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2009-04-03
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    BURKITT, Darren Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    BURKITT, Mark Antony appointed
    director
  22. 2008-08-14
    ➕
    BURKITT, David Albert appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-12-18
    ➖
    BURKITT, Dawn Irene Ann resigned
    secretary
  24. 2007-12-18
    ➖
    BURKITT, Dawn Irene Ann resigned
    director
  25. 1995-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As APEX LIMITED
  26. 1995-03-29
    ➕
    BURKITT, Dawn Irene Ann appointed
    secretary
  27. 1995-03-29
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1995-03-29
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1995-03-29
    ➕
    BURKITT, David Albert appointed
    director
  30. 1995-03-29
    ➕
    BURKITT, Dawn Irene Ann appointed
    director
  31. 1995-03-29
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1995-03-29
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 64. 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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 Mark Antony Burkitt
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/03/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Albert Burkittceased 30/11/2018· 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
Incorporated1995-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

7 Central Avenue
Sunnyside
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S66 3RA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BURKITT, Mark Antony→
secretary · appointed 2019-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURKITT, Darren Andrew→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURKITT, Mark Antony→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURKITT, David Albert→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-14 · resigned 2019-01-14
Resigned
BURKITT, Dawn Irene Ann→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 2007-12-18
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 1995-03-29
Resigned
BURKITT, David Albert→
director · ~90y · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 2019-01-14
Resigned
BURKITT, Dawn Irene Ann→
director · ~82y · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 2007-12-18
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 1995-03-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30