APS COST CONSULTANCY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07873556 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-132.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.1y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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
75
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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £132,388
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£132k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-118.1k | £-103.8k |
| Current assets | £11.3k | £21.1k |
| Net assets | £-132.4k | £-104.3k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-16➕STEVENS, Lucy Alexandra appointeddirector
- 2020-12-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-09-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-09-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-09-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-12-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Gbf Capital Limited
- 2015-06-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Andrew Philip Stevens
- 2011-12-12➕WESTALL, Martin appointedsecretary
- 2011-12-07🏢Company incorporatedAs APS COST CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- 2011-12-07➕STEVENS, Andrew Philip appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Philip Stevens Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 07/12/2016 |
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
Incorporated2011-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Irlwyn Lower Court Road
Newton Ferrers
Plymouth
PL8 1DQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
STEVENS, Andrew Philip→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2011-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEVENS, Lucy Alexandra→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Gbf Capital Gbf Capital Limited | A registered charge | — | 26/06/2015 | 24/09/2020 | |
| satisfied | Andrew Philip Stevens | A registered charge | — | 26/06/2015 | 24/09/2020 |
Recent filings (41 total)
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2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16