APEX GLOBAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04323609 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-15
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 07290
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 09100SIC 09100
  • 46190Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
63 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£40k-£21k-£2k£17k£36k£55kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets—£29.8k
Current assets—£54.9k
Net assets—£-40.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2025-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-09-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-01-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-01-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-12-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-01-27
    ➕
    SHRESTHA, Aleksandr appointed
    director
  17. 2005-04-04
    ➖
    SHAKYA, Pabitra Man resigned
    director
  18. 2004-12-30
    ➕
    BUCKLE, David Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2004-03-01
    ➕
    SHAKYA, Pabitra Man appointed
    director
  20. 2004-03-01
    ➖
    PE MATTERS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2001-11-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APEX GLOBAL LIMITED
  22. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    OTFORD COMPUTING SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    PE MATTERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 21 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 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Maher Almannaee
Individual · Emirati · DOB 11/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/12/2019
Mr Niraj Govinda Shrestha
Individual · Nepalese · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC07290 — SIC 07290

Registered office

The Old Bat And Ball
St Johns Hill
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 3PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

OTFORD COMPUTING SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCKLE, David Michael→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHRESTHA, Aleksandr→
director · ~38y · appointed 2010-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAKYA, Pabitra Man→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-03-01 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned
PE MATTERS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2004-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-30