APEX PRACTICE (LONDON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07458891 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-02
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£24k£48k£72k£97k£121kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets—£55.1k
Current assets—£120.8k
Cash—£117.4k
Debtors—£3.4k
Net assets—£55.1k
Average employees2—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-04-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2026-03-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2026-03-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-03-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-06-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-11-18
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Raymond appointed
    director
  18. 2011-02-21
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Raymond appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-02-21
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Daphne Rosalind appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-21
    ➖
    DAVIS, Andrew Simon resigned
    director
  21. 2010-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As APEX PRACTICE (LONDON) LIMITED
  22. 2010-12-02
    ➕
    DAVIS, Andrew Simon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Raymond Francis
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Daphne Rosalind Francis
Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Raymond Francisceased 01/07/2016· 50-75% 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
Incorporated2010-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Level 5a Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FRANCIS, Raymond→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-21
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Active
FRANCIS, Daphne Rosalind→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-02-21
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Active
FRANCIS, Raymond→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-11-18
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Active
DAVIS, Andrew Simon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-12-02 · resigned 2011-02-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-24