APE SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC303993 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-14

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33140

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	200	200

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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2025-01-29
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2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-03-21
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accounts · AA
2022-03-23
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accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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accounts · AA
2019-11-04
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accounts · AA
2019-01-29
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accounts · AA
2019-01-15
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address · AD01
2018-03-14
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accounts · AA
2017-06-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-01-25
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accounts · AA
2016-07-04
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-07
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accounts · AA
2015-06-26
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2006-06-15
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HARVEY, William appointed
secretary
2006-06-15
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HARVEY, William appointed
director
2006-06-15
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MCGLYNN, Robert appointed
director
2006-06-15
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2006-06-15
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2006-06-14
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Company incorporated
As APE SOLUTIONS LTD
2006-06-14
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2006-06-14
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Harvey Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Robert Mcglynn Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-06-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

The Old Surgery

School Road

Tarbert

Argyll

PA29 6UL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HARVEY, William→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-15

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Active

HARVEY, William→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-06-15

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Active

MCGLYNN, Robert→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-06-15

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-14 · resigned 2006-06-15

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-14 · resigned 2006-06-15

Resigned

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