APEM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-28 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-14
Watchouts
Cash
£139K
-90.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+3.5% vs 2023
Employees
402
-7.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£358K
-91% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,756,000 | £31,220,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,039,000 | £288,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,998,000 | £358,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,511,000 | £338,000 | |
| Cash | £1,507,000 | £139,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,713,000 | £62,751,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,674,000 | £10,012,000 | |
| Equity | £9,674,000 | £10,012,000 | |
| Average employees | 434 | 402 | |
| Wages | £15,051,000 | £15,397,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.5% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.8% | 88.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.61x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | 98.51x | 0.12x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Cash flow and profitability forecasts prepared by the Directors show that the company will generate future positive cash flows. The Company has sufficient cash reserves and committed sales to generate positive future cash flows and repay its debts as they become due.”
Group structure
- APEM LIMITED · parent
- APEM Inc. 100%
- APEM Group Pty Limited 100%
- Aspect Ecology Limited 100%
- Attexo Group Pty Ltd 100%
- Biosis Pty Limited 100%
- Goshawk Newco 2 Limited 100%
- Nash Maritime Limited 100%
- Vegetation Link Pty Limited 80%
Significant events
- “On 12 June 2024, APEM Group Pty Ltd purchased the entire share capital of Biosis Pty Ltd ("Biosis") and its 80% owned subsidiary, Vegetation Link Pty Ltd, a company incorporated and registered in Australia.”
- “On 17 September 2024, APEM Group Pty Ltd purchased the entire share capital of Attexo Group Pty Ltd, ("Attexo") a company incorporated and registered in Australia.”
- “In financial year 2024, APEM Group Limited entered into an incremental financing agreement with Tikehau to provide additional debt package of £50m under an incremental facility.”
- “On 11 March 2025, the Group undertook a reorganisation involving the insertion of 2 new holding companies, APEM Midco Limited and APEM Bidco Limited, between APEM Group Limited and its former directly held subsidiaries. APEM Group Limited remains the ultimate parent.”
- “On 22 April 2025, the Group entered into a new financing arrangement with Ares Management Limited ("Ares") to provide a total committed debt package of £157m comprising the Unitranche loan which enabled the repayment of previous Tikehau loans (£107m), an Acquisition Facility (£50m), and a Revolving Credit Facility with Clydesdale Bank Plc (£10m).”
- “On 28 April 2025, APEM Group Pty Ltd acquired a 100% interest in AARC Pty Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTER, Nicola | Secretary | 2019-07-02 | — | — |
| BAKER, Darroch | Director | 2024-04-30 | May 1977 | Australian |
| DAVISON, Alistair John | Director | 2024-04-30 | Apr 1967 | British |
| HUNTER, Nicola | Director | 2022-04-29 | Jun 1982 | British |
| MCGIMPSEY, Leah Joan | Director | 2024-04-30 | Nov 1985 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRBANKS, Robert | Secretary | 2015-03-03 | 2019-07-02 |
| GRAY, Martin | Secretary | — | 1997-12-31 |
| HENDRY, Keith, Dr | Secretary | 2008-04-28 | 2015-03-03 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew John | Secretary | 1998-01-10 | 2008-04-28 |
| BELLINGER, Edward George, Dr | Director | — | 1997-02-28 |
| BRADLEY, David Charles | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-05-28 |
| CLOUGH, Stuart Christopher, Dr | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2026-02-04 |
| DENNIS, Peter Matthew | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-05-28 |
| DOBSON, Michael Keith, Dr | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-05-28 |
| HALL, David John | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-05-28 |
| HENDRY, Keith | Director | — | 2019-03-05 |
| LEE, John Anthony, Professor | Director | — | 1993-06-25 |
| SCHAEFER, Peter Graham | Director | 1991-09-09 | 1997-12-31 |
| TEAGUE, Nicola | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-05-28 |
| WHITE, Keith Nickolas, Dr | Director | — | 2019-03-05 |
| WILLIAMS, Adrian Evin, Dr | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2026-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apem Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-11 | Active |
| Apem Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-05 | Ceased 2025-03-11 |
| Mr Keith Hendry | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-7.5%
£33,756,000 £31,220,000
-
Cash
-90.8%
£1,507,000 £139,000
-
Net assets
+3.5%
£9,674,000 £10,012,000
-
Employees
-7.4%
434 402
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Operating profit
-92.9%
£4,039,000 £288,000
-
Profit before tax
-91%
£3,998,000 £358,000
-
Wages
+2.3%
£15,051,000 £15,397,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers