APEX ELECTRICAL AND ALARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04320916 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-12
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-11-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2015-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-04-12
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    SWAINSTON, Antony John resigned
    director
  17. 2001-11-12
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    Company incorporated
    As APEX ELECTRICAL AND ALARMS LIMITED
  18. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    SWAINSTON, Ian Douglas appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    ROUTLEDGE, John Matthew appointed
    director
  20. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    SWAINSTON, Ian Douglas appointed
    director
  21. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-11-12
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    SWAINSTON, Antony John appointed
    director
  24. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-11-12
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Ian Swainston
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

One
St. Peters Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7QU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SWAINSTON, Ian Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-12
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Active
ROUTLEDGE, John Matthew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWAINSTON, Ian Douglas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2001-11-12
Resigned
SWAINSTON, Antony John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2005-04-12
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2001-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24