APEX MACHINES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05533791 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-11

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£-63.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.6y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 1.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £63,527

Cash YoY

+39%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£14k

↑ 39% YoY

Net Worth

-£64k

↓ 106% YoY

Current Assets

£65k

↑ 8.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£-1.9k	£41.2k
Current assets	£65.4k	£60.1k
Cash	£14.3k	£10.2k
Debtors	£47.9k	£46.6k
Net assets	£-63.5k	£-30.8k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-05-04
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accounts · AA
2026-04-02
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officers · CH01
2026-04-02
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officers · CH01
2026-04-02
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officers · CH01
2026-04-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
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officers · CH03
2026-04-02
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officers · CH01
2026-03-16
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address · AD01
2026-03-02
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officers · AP01
2026-02-23
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WOOD, Lauren Roseanne appointed
director
2025-05-19
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accounts · AA
2024-11-18
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mortgage · MR01
2024-11-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Trustees of the Nk Properties Ssas
2024-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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address · AD01
2020-05-26
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accounts · AA
2011-04-01
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WOOD, Michael Harvey appointed
director
2005-08-11
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Company incorporated
As APEX MACHINES LIMITED
2005-08-11
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WOOD, Karen appointed
secretary
2005-08-11
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WOOD, Karen appointed
director
2005-08-11
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WOOD, Nicholas Harvey appointed
director
2005-08-11
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-08-11
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-08-11
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-08-11
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WOOD, Lauren Roseanne (same surname) appointed 2026-02-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nicholas Harvey Wood Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence · firm interest	11/08/2016

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

Incorporated2005-08-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 23 Sawley Park

Nottingham Road

Derby

DE21 6AS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10