APERTA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC136758 · ltd · incorporated 1992-02-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 33.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£13.46M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,461,855
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9.3m
↓ 2.4% YoY
Net Worth
£13m
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
£16m
↑ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£3.3m£6.5m£9.8m£13m£16mJul 2023Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£13.47M£12.80M£12.39M
Current assets£16.31M£15.98M£15.03M
Cash£9.30M£9.53M£9.31M
Debtors£6.86M£6.29M£5.53M
Net assets£13.46M£12.80M£12.39M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2024-04-30
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  4. 2023-05-31
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  5. 2022-04-29
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  6. 2021-04-30
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  7. 2020-09-10
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  8. 2020-09-10
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    address · AD01
  9. 2020-09-01
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    MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  10. 2020-04-29
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  11. 2019-04-29
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  12. 2018-04-29
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  13. 2017-04-30
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  14. 2016-04-28
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  15. 2016-04-04
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  16. 2015-04-28
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  17. 2008-05-16
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    HENDERSON, David Brown resigned
    director
  18. 2008-05-01
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    MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS) resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2008-05-01
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    MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2002-03-04
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    CHOWNIG, Patrick resigned
    director
  21. 2001-04-02
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    CHOWNIG, Patrick appointed
    director
  22. 1993-06-16
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    BEST, Colin George appointed
    director
  23. 1992-11-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 1992-03-12
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    MEECHAN, Stephen appointed
    director
  25. 1992-03-12
    ➕
    MURRAY, James appointed
    director
  26. 1992-03-12
    ➕
    WYLUPEK, John Martin appointed
    director
  27. 1992-03-12
    ➖
    FLINT, David resigned
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1992-03-12
    ➕
    MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS) appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1992-03-12
    ➖
    DICKSON, Ian resigned
    nominee-director
  30. 1992-03-12
    ➖
    FLINT, David resigned
    nominee-director
  31. 1992-03-12
    ➕
    HENDERSON, David Brown appointed
    director
  32. 1992-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As APERTA LIMITED
  33. 1992-02-21
    ➕
    FLINT, David appointed
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1992-02-21
    ➕
    DICKSON, Ian appointed
    nominee-director
  35. 1992-02-21
    ➕
    FLINT, David appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

3 Carradale Crescent
Cumbernauld
G68 9LE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

BEST, Colin George→
director · ~69y · appointed 1993-06-16
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Active
MEECHAN, Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 1992-03-12
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Active
MURRAY, James→
director · ~74y · appointed 1992-03-12
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Active
WYLUPEK, John Martin→
director · ~75y · appointed 1992-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLINT, David→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-02-21 · resigned 1992-03-12
Resigned
MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS)→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1992-03-12 · resigned 2008-05-01
Resigned
MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-01 · resigned 2020-09-01
Resigned
CHOWNIG, Patrick→
director · ~88y · appointed 2001-04-02 · resigned 2002-03-04
Resigned
DICKSON, Ian→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1992-02-21 · resigned 1992-03-12
Resigned
FLINT, David→
nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 1992-02-21 · resigned 1992-03-12
Resigned
HENDERSON, David Brown→
director · ~83y · appointed 1992-03-12 · resigned 2008-05-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property16/11/1992—
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Recent filings (114 total)

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2026-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
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2024-04-30
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2024-02-21
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2023-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-29