APEX MEDICAL RESPIRATORY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07037327 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-10
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£18.29M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · IFRS
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,286,534
Low leverage
Liabilities are 0% of total assets — room for debt financing
Net assets shrinking
Down £174,667 YoY
Leverage
0%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£18m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£837k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3.7m£7.4m£11m£15m£18mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£18.29M£19.34M
Current assets£837.0k£1.15M
Current liabilities—£878.9k
Net assets£18.29M£18.46M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-04-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2021-10-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2021-10-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-09-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2021-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-24
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2020-10-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2016-03-31
    ➖
    JAUREGUI CORTINA, Jon resigned
    director
  20. 2016-03-25
    ➕
    HSU, Ying-Chieh appointed
    director
  21. 2015-11-30
    ➕
    LEE, Yung-Chuan appointed
    director
  22. 2015-10-12
    ➖
    STONE, Stephen resigned
    director
  23. 2015-05-21
    ➕
    JAUREGUI CORTINA, Jon appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-01
    ➖
    JAUREGUI CORTINA, Jon resigned
    director
  25. 2009-12-01
    ➕
    STONE, Stephen appointed
    director
  26. 2009-10-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APEX MEDICAL RESPIRATORY LTD
  27. 2009-10-10
    ➕
    JAUREGUI CORTINA, Jon appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Wellell Inc. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Wellell Inc.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
APEX MEDICAL RESPIRATORY LTD
This company · 07037327

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Wellell Inc.
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares09/08/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Apex Medical Global Cooperatie Uaceased 09/08/2021· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2009-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

Unit 33 Great Western Business Park
Mckenzie Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR4 9GN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HSU, Ying-Chieh→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE, Yung-Chuan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAUREGUI CORTINA, Jon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-05-21 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
JAUREGUI CORTINA, Jon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-10-10 · resigned 2009-12-01
Resigned
STONE, Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-12-01 · resigned 2015-10-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11