APEX FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS (SOUTH WALES) LIMITED

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07334088 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-8.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,230
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£8k
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£9k-£4k£407£5k£10k£14kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£20.2k£20.2k
Current assets£14.2k£14.2k
Net assets£-8.2k£-8.8k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-05-31
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  4. 2022-05-31
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2020-05-31
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  7. 2019-08-13
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  8. 2019-05-30
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  9. 2018-05-29
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  10. 2017-05-31
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  11. 2016-05-31
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  12. 2015-08-24
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  13. 2015-05-22
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  14. 2014-08-29
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  15. 2014-08-28
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  16. 2010-08-10
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    LOCK, Martyn appointed
    director
  17. 2010-08-10
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    LEWIS, Simon Mark Henry resigned
    director
  18. 2010-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As APEX FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS (SOUTH WALES) LIMITED
  19. 2010-08-03
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    LEWIS, Simon Mark Henry appointed
    director
  20. 2010-08-03
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    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  21. 2010-08-03
    ➖
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martyn Lock
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Low Barn
Llancayo Business Park
Usk
Monmouthshire
NP15 1HY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

LOCK, Martyn→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Simon Mark Henry→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2010-08-10
Resigned
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2010-08-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
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accounts · AA
2025-05-29
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2024-08-07
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2024-05-30
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2023-08-14
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accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
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accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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2021-08-09
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accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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2020-09-08
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accounts · AA
2020-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-20
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address · AD01
2019-08-13
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accounts · AA
2019-05-30