APEX ACCOUNTANTS (BRADFORD) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14773041 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-31
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,558
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,448 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£17kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£13.4k£23.5k
Current assets£9.5k£16.6k
Net assets£5.6k£7.0k

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
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 3 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
    HUSSAIN, Naseem Ulghani appointed
    director
  2. 2026-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-30
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-30
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-03-30
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2026-03-30
    📄
    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  7. 2026-03-01
    ACCESS ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  8. 2026-02-28
    NABI, Iftikhar resigned
    director
  9. 2026-02-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-12-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APEX ACCOUNTANTS (BRADFORD) LTD
  12. 2023-03-31
    NABI, Iftikhar appointed
    director
  13. 2023-03-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-13

Group structure

Access Accountancy Services Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Access Accountancy Services Ltd
Corporate parent
APEX ACCOUNTANTS (BRADFORD) LTD
This company · 14773041

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Access Accountancy Services Ltd
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Iftikhar Nabiceased 28/02/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

17 Killinghall Road
Bradford
BD3 8DN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-13OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Naseem Ulghani
director · ~58y · appointed 2026-06-01
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Active
ACCESS ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD
corporate-director · appointed 2026-03-01
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Active
NABI, Iftikhar
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-03-31 · resigned 2026-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-30
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-31