APS GROUP (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

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SC369510 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-02
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 13.5y

45/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £185,348

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-31
Profit before tax£185.3k
Average employees127

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-12
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  3. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  4. 2022-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-02
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-18
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    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2021-05-14
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    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2021-05-12
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Bnp Paribas Commercial Finance Limited
  9. 2021-05-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bnp Paribas Commerical Finance Limited
  10. 2021-05-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2021-05-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-31
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2019-10-31
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    Charge satisfied #2
  15. 2019-10-04
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  16. 2019-09-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  17. 2019-09-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  18. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-11-06
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  20. 2018-09-06
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    officers · CH01
  21. 2018-07-11
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    mortgage · 466(Scot)
  22. 2018-06-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Close Invoice Finance Limited, 10 Crown Plave, London, EC2A 4FT
  23. 2018-05-10
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    HOLMES, John appointed
    director
  24. 2017-07-31
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    BLAKEMAN, Bryan resigned
    director
  25. 2016-09-30
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    JONES, Glyn resigned
    director
  26. 2012-12-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  27. 2010-04-05
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    BLAKEMAN, Bryan appointed
    director
  28. 2009-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As APS GROUP (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  29. 2009-12-02
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    DOYLE, Allan Frederick appointed
    director
  30. 2009-12-02
    ➕
    SNELSON, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  31. 2009-12-02
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    JONES, Glyn appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Aps Group Global Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aps Group Global Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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APS GROUP (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
This company · SC369510

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aps Group Global Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

21 Tennant Street
Edinburgh
EH6 5NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DOYLE, Allan Frederick→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMES, John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SNELSON, Nicholas John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKEMAN, Bryan→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-04-05 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
JONES, Glyn→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-12-02 · resigned 2016-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bnp Paribas Commercial Finance
Bnp Paribas Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property12/05/2021—
outstanding
Bnp Paribas Commerical Finance
Bnp Paribas Commerical Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property12/05/2021—
satisfied
Close Invoice Finance , 10 Crown Plave, London, EC2A 4FT
Close Invoice Finance Limited, 10 Crown Plave, London, EC2A 4FT
A registered charge—07/06/201831/10/2019
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property17/12/201207/05/2021
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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08