APEX FINANCE PARTNERS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15260271 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-03
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£10.7k
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
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
8 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red 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 £10,653

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£11k
Current Assets
£11k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£10.7k
Current assets£10.7k
Net assets£10.7k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-10-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-30
    MAHMOOD, Hamza appointed
    director
  4. 2025-09-30
    MAHMOOD, Bilal resigned
    director
  5. 2025-08-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-06
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2025-01-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2023-11-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APEX FINANCE PARTNERS LTD
  9. 2023-11-03
    MAHMOOD, Bilal appointed
    director
  10. 2023-11-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-06-06: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-01-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bilal Mahmood
Individual · British · DOB 09/2000 · age 26
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/11/2023

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
Incorporated2023-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

194 Birdsfoot Lane
Luton
LU3 2DL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MAHMOOD, Hamza
director · ~29y · appointed 2025-09-30
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Active
MAHMOOD, Bilal
director · ~26y · appointed 2023-11-03 · resigned 2025-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-06
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-03