APEX ACADEMY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15735515 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-22
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-23
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-05-23
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-05-15
    GILANI, Aima, Dr resigned
    director
  4. 2026-05-15
    MOHAMED, Safaa Mimi Husseini, Dr resigned
    director
  5. 2026-03-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APEX ACADEMY LIMITED
  7. 2024-05-22
    ARSHAD, Mohammed-Shoaib appointed
    director
  8. 2024-05-22
    SHAH, Numan Ali appointed
    director
  9. 2024-05-22
    GILANI, Aima, Dr appointed
    director
  10. 2024-05-22
    MOHAMED, Safaa Mimi Husseini, Dr appointed
    director
  11. 2024-05-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: GILANI, Aima, Dr resigned 2026-05-15; MOHAMED, Safaa Mimi Husseini, Dr resigned 2026-05-15

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Numan Ali Shah
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/05/2024
Mr Mohammed-Shoaib Arshad
Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/05/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · SK postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
1520 MANCHESTER CIC
17100256 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
ACER LEARNING LTD
15741047 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ACOURSERAS BEAUTY INSTITUT LTD
16531195 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ACTIVE KIDS EDUCATION LIMITED
10985705 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
AHNK GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
16503140 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
AKADEMY CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE C.I.C.
14277495 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
ALIGNED INCLUSION CONSULTING LTD
16805825 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ALL IN METHODOLOGY LIMITED
16980149 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
AMC SPORTS ACADEMY LIMITED
14540892 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
AMP ASSET SOLUTIONS LTD
13173668 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
ANIMATE EDUCATION LTD
09673293 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
AR CONNECT EDUCATION LTD
15254186 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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 →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-05-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Whitehall Close
Wilmslow
SK9 1NP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-04
Last: 2026-05-21

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ARSHAD, Mohammed-Shoaib
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Numan Ali
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILANI, Aima, Dr
director · ~31y · appointed 2024-05-22 · resigned 2026-05-15
Resigned
MOHAMED, Safaa Mimi Husseini, Dr
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-05-22 · resigned 2026-05-15
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-22