APEX SCAFFOLDING HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09960875 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-20

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 2025

Net worth

£2.19M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Scaffold erection

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -55% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.2y

10/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

8 officers (8 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

113 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,186,783

Net assets shrinking

Down £22,911 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 55% YoY

Cash YoY

-55%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£232

↓ 55% YoY

Net Worth

£2.2m

↓ 1.0% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Cash	£232	£518
Net assets	£2.19M	£2.21M

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

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5 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-07-23
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accounts · AA
2026-04-29
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mortgage · MR04
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Charge satisfied #1
2026-02-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-02
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2025-08-22
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accounts · AA
2025-05-09
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2025-05-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2025-02-13
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capital · SH02
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2024-11-26
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capital · SH02
2024-11-26
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capital · SH02
2024-09-23
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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capital · SH02
2024-08-13
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capital · SH02
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2024-08-12
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2024-05-01
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2024-02-19
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2024-02-19
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capital · SH02
2024-01-09
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capital · SH02
2024-01-09
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capital · SH02
2023-11-15
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capital · SH02
2016-02-02
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HOGG, Alan Mackenzie appointed
director
2016-02-02
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HOGG, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-01-20
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Company incorporated
As APEX SCAFFOLDING HOLDINGS LIMITED
2016-01-20
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BONNOR-MORIS, Emma appointed
secretary
2016-01-20
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BONNOR-MORIS, Emma Louise appointed
director
2016-01-20
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COUSINS, Matthew Edward appointed
director
2016-01-20
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GOOCH, Victoria Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-01-20
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HAINES, Glenn Edwin appointed
director
2016-01-20
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WIMMS, Michael Derek appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Emma Louise Bonnor-Moris Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	03/03/2017
Ms Victoria Elizabeth Gooch Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	03/03/2017
Mr Alan Mackenzie Hogg Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Hogg Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2016-01-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

Apex House

Pinbrook Road

Exeter

Devon

EX4 8HH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-02

Last: 2026-01-19