APEX TUBULARS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC331461 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-26
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 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.2 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: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
81 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
7
filings
- • 5 capital
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
8
filings
- • 5 capital
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2026-03-23📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-03-20📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2026-03-20📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-03-20📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-02-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-12-16📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-24📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-06-24📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-06-20📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-06-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-06-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-06-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28➖GRANT, Ronald Malcolm Macpherson resigneddirector
- 2023-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-31➕BLACKADDERS LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-03-31➖PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-02-13➖GEDDIE, Glynn James resigneddirector
- 2016-06-30➕GEDDIE, Glynn James appointeddirector
- 2012-11-20➕WADSWORTH, Symon Chree appointeddirector
- 2011-02-25➖COPLAND, Paul Mcdonald resigneddirector
- 2010-01-20➕COPLAND, Paul Mcdonald appointeddirector
- 2009-07-15➖GEDDIE, Alasdair resigneddirector
- 2008-02-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2008-02-01➕PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-02-01➖PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-09-26🏢Company incorporatedAs APEX TUBULARS LIMITED
- 2007-09-26➕GEDDIE, James William appointeddirector
- 2007-09-26➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-09-26➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-09-26➕PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-09-26➕GEDDIE, Alasdair appointeddirector
- 2007-09-26➕GRANT, Ronald Malcolm Macpherson appointeddirector
- 2007-09-26➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-director
- 2007-09-26➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James William Geddie Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-09-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Suite 2, Level 1, Seabrokers House Prospect Road
Arnhall Business Park
Westhill
AB32 6FE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26
Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)
BLACKADDERS LLP→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2019-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GEDDIE, James William→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2007-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WADSWORTH, Symon Chree→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2012-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-26 · resigned 2007-09-26
PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-01 · resigned 2019-03-31
PLENDERLEATH RUNCIE LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-26 · resigned 2008-02-01
COPLAND, Paul Mcdonald→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2010-01-20 · resigned 2011-02-25
GEDDIE, Alasdair→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2007-09-26 · resigned 2009-07-15
GEDDIE, Glynn James→
Resigneddirector · ~36y · appointed 2016-06-30 · resigned 2019-02-13
GRANT, Ronald Malcolm Macpherson→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2007-09-26 · resigned 2024-03-28
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2007-09-26 · resigned 2007-09-26
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 19/02/2008 | — |
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Recent filings (81 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-03-23
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-23
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-03-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-20
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-02-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-06-24
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-06-24
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-06-20
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-17