APEX TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09981957 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-02
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sports and recreation education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£31k-£24k-£18k-£11k-£5k£1kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets—£-30.1k
Current assets—£1.3k
Net assets—£-30.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2022-08-25
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-07-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-07-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-07-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-07-27
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    address · AD01
  11. 2021-02-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-07-04
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-07-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-07
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    LUCAS, Neil appointed
    director
  19. 2016-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As APEX TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD
  20. 2016-02-02
    ➕
    HORNER, Martyn Anthony Grant appointed
    director
  21. 2016-02-02
    ➕
    LUCAS, Karen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Karen Lucas
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85510 — Sports and recreation education

Registered office

Grosvenor House
3 Chapel Street
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 4AB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HORNER, Martyn Anthony Grant→
director · ~38y · appointed 2016-02-02
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Active
LUCAS, Karen→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-02-02
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Active
LUCAS, Neil→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-07-07
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-27