APEX MOTOR PARTS (HEREFORD) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04351888 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-11
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£872.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 24.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £871,998
Cash YoY
+56%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£447k
↑ 56% YoY
Net Worth
£872k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £885.4k | £742.3k |
| Current assets | £1.28M | £1.14M |
| Cash | £446.8k | £286.5k |
| Debtors | £578.2k | £595.8k |
| Net assets | £872.0k | £725.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2004-08-10➕GRIFFITHS, Elaine appointeddirector
- 2002-02-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2002-01-11🏢Company incorporatedAs APEX MOTOR PARTS (HEREFORD) LIMITED
- 2002-01-11➕GRIFFITHS, Elaine appointedsecretary
- 2002-01-11➕FISH, Richard appointeddirector
- 2002-01-11➕FISH, Robert David appointeddirector
- 2002-01-11➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-01-11➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-01-11➕INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-01-11➖INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Elaine Griffiths Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Robert David Fish Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Richard Fish Individual · British · DOB 04/1939 · age 87 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310
Registered office
47 Weeping Cross Lane
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 1JH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
FISH, Richard→
Activedirector · ~87y · appointed 2002-01-11
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FISH, Robert David→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-01-11
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GRIFFITHS, Elaine→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2004-08-10
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-11 · resigned 2002-01-11
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-11 · resigned 2002-01-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/02/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (69 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-11