APEX FINANCIAL SERVICES & WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.13M | £1.18M |
| Current assets | £108.7k | £130.8k |
| Cash | £27.2k | £20.7k |
| Debtors | £81.5k | £110.1k |
| Net assets | £723.5k | £704.5k |
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 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-12-06📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-09-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-01➕JONES, Hannah Amelia appointeddirector
- 2021-01-25🏢Company incorporatedAs APEX FINANCIAL SERVICES & WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD
- 2021-01-25➕JONES, Matthew Alan appointeddirector
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew Alan Jones Individual · British · DOB 09/1988 · age 38 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 25/01/2021 |
Mrs Hannah Amelia Jones Individual · British · DOB 10/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/12/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
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