APEX PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC817616 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 86900Other human health activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APEX PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES LTD
  3. 2024-07-26
    MIRRLEES, Andrew Robert appointed
    director
  4. 2024-07-26
    📄
    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 1.7 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

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Robert Mirrlees
Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/07/2024

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

Similar companies

Active · Education & training · DD postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ABERDEEN COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS LIMITED
SC881824 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
ABSOLUTE ZENERGY LTD
SC759663 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE UK
SC424041 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
13y
ALMA TAY LTD
SC518889 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
AMEE: THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION LTD
SC800900 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
ANDIE SEWING SCHOOL LTD
SC773167 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
ANGUS PRIDE CIC
SC816689 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BALGILLO NURSERIES LIMITED
SC391911 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
15y
BUTTERFLIES EMMOCK WOODS LTD
SC869981 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
CENTRED LEARNING LIMITED
SC555434 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
COMPLETE HOLISTIC WELLNESS LTD
SC853494 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
CONNECTED BABY LIMITED
SC497200 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
11y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-07-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

26 Campfield Road
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
Angus
DD5 2NG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MIRRLEES, Andrew Robert
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (3 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-07-26