APEX INVESTMENTS AND TRADING LTD

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16144958 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒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: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 64301Activities of investment trusts
  • 64306Activities of real estate investment trusts
  • 66300Fund management activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 59/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
20 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
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-04-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-04-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-04-03
    MUSUNURI, Venkateswara Rao resigned
    director
  8. 2025-04-03
    PATEL, Inayat Abdullah resigned
    director
  9. 2025-04-03
    VEMURI, Venkata Anantha Padmanabha Murthy resigned
    director
  10. 2025-03-24
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2025-03-24
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2025-03-24
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2025-03-24
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2025-03-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2025-03-19
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2025-03-18
    CHINNAPPA REDDIAR, Sivaraj resigned
    secretary
  17. 2025-03-18
    CHINNAPPA REDDIAR, Sivaraj resigned
    director
  18. 2025-03-18
    PATEL, Inayat Abdullah appointed
    director
  19. 2025-03-18
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2025-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2025-02-04
    PATEL, Mustak Ismail appointed
    director
  22. 2025-02-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2024-12-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APEX INVESTMENTS AND TRADING LTD
  24. 2024-12-19
    CHINNAPPA REDDIAR, Sivaraj appointed
    secretary
  25. 2024-12-19
    CHINNAPPA REDDIAR, Sivaraj appointed
    director
  26. 2024-12-19
    MUSUNURI, Venkateswara Rao appointed
    director
  27. 2024-12-19
    VEMURI, Venkata Anantha Padmanabha Murthy appointed
    director
  28. 2024-12-19
    📄
    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 1.6 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 med ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-19

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-03-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mustak Ismail Patel
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
75100%
75-100% shares03/04/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Venkata Anantha Padmanabha Murthy Vemuriceased 03/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Venkateswara Rao Musunuriceased 03/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Sivaraj Chinnappa Reddiarceased 18/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2024-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies

Registered office

361 Welford Road
Leicester
LE2 6BJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-19OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-05

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

PATEL, Mustak Ismail
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-02-04
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Active
CHINNAPPA REDDIAR, Sivaraj
secretary · appointed 2024-12-19 · resigned 2025-03-18
Resigned
CHINNAPPA REDDIAR, Sivaraj
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-12-19 · resigned 2025-03-18
Resigned
MUSUNURI, Venkateswara Rao
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-12-19 · resigned 2025-04-03
Resigned
PATEL, Inayat Abdullah
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-03-18 · resigned 2025-04-03
Resigned
VEMURI, Venkata Anantha Padmanabha Murthy
director · ~67y · appointed 2024-12-19 · resigned 2025-04-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18