APEX FINANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03706904 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-03
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£76.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial leasing
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £76,641

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£77k
↑ 46% YoY
Current Assets
£649
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£31k£46k£61k£77kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£57.0k£44.9k
Current assets£649£1.2k
Net assets£76.6k£52.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-03
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    BYRNE, Heather Jane resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-07-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 1999-02-08
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    BYRNE, Heather Jane appointed
    director
  18. 1999-02-08
    ➕
    BYRNE, Martin Daniel appointed
    director
  19. 1999-02-08
    ➕
    BYRNE, Heather Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-02-08
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-02-08
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1999-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As APEX FINANCE LIMITED
  23. 1999-02-03
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-02-03
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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 27 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

86/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Martin Daniel Byrne
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
——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
Incorporated1999-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64910 — Financial leasing

Registered office

2 Crossways Business Centre
Bicester Road Kingswood
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP18 0RA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BYRNE, Heather Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYRNE, Martin Daniel→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYRNE, Heather Jane→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 2025-07-03
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-02-03 · resigned 1999-02-08
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-02-03 · resigned 1999-02-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24