APEX LITIGATION FINANCE LIMITED
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 2.7y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 officers
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-23➖STARR, Sharon resigneddirector
- 2026-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2024-12-12➕FALLOWFIELD, Timothy appointedsecretary
- 2024-12-12➖POWER, Maurice resignedsecretary
- 2024-12-12📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-12-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-12-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-11-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Cl-Apex-1 Limited
- 2023-11-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Cl-Apex-1 Limited
- 2023-11-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-03➕VAISH, Anubhav appointeddirector
- 2023-11-03➖FALLOWFIELD, Timothy Gordon resigneddirector
- 2023-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-12➕FALLOWFIELD, Timothy Gordon appointeddirector
- 2021-08-12➖POWER, Tanya resigneddirector
- 2021-08-12➖STARR, Darren resigneddirector
- 2020-09-23➕POWER, Tanya appointeddirector
- 2020-09-23➕STARR, Darren appointeddirector
- 2020-09-23➕STARR, Sharon appointeddirector
- 2019-02-15➖FALLOWFIELD INVESTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2019-02-13➖SOTO CAPITAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2018-11-07🏢Company incorporatedAs APEX LITIGATION FINANCE LIMITED
- 2018-11-07➕POWER, Maurice appointeddirector
- 2018-11-07➕POWER, Maurice appointedsecretary
- 2018-11-07➕FALLOWFIELD INVESTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2018-11-07➕FHJ INVESTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2018-11-07➖FHJ INVESTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2018-11-07➕SOTO CAPITAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanRadial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Cl-Apex-1 Cl-Apex-1 Limited | A registered charge | — | 08/11/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Cl-Apex-1 Cl-Apex-1 Limited | A registered charge | — | 08/11/2023 | — |