APEX TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15797644 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-23
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 50
  • · Bankability: 65 → 50
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 4 recent signals weakening vs 1 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Deal-killer verdict: workablecomplicated
  • Opportunity score: 6959
  • Hygiene score: 9050
  • +3 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
59/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 59/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
59/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-06-23
    📍
    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  3. 2025-06-23
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  4. 2025-06-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-22
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-02-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-02-06
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-02-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-06-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APEX TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
  10. 2024-06-23
    MCGINNIGLE, Lee William Carr appointed
    director
  11. 2024-06-23
    📄
    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 2.1 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 high · 1 low
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-23

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lee William Carr Mcginnigle
Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Poppy Road
Witham St. Hughs
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN6 9YJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-23OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-06
Last: 2026-06-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCGINNIGLE, Lee William Carr
director · ~44y · appointed 2024-06-23
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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2025-06-23
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2025-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-23