APEX PLANT RESEARCH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-01 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£601K
+121.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£403K
+3.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£74K
-67.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £836,750 | £910,086 | |
| Operating profit | £226,328 | £74,125 | |
| Profit before tax | £226,328 | £74,125 | |
| Net profit | £172,185 | £14,914 | |
| Cash | £271,788 | £601,328 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £388,443 | £403,357 | |
| Net assets | £388,443 | £403,357 | |
| Equity | £388,443 | £403,357 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 27.0% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | 20.6% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 58.3% | 18.4% | |
| Current ratio | 7.56x | 2.23x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the reasons set out below. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 29th October 2025 667 B1 Ordinary Shares and 667 B2 Ordinary Shares were issued to certain employees of the immediate parent, MM Flowers Limited. The B1 and B2 shares carry no voting rights.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICKFORD, Daniel Mark | Director | 2019-01-01 | Feb 1982 | British |
| WHELAN, Philip Scott | Director | 2019-01-01 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONNELLY, Colum | Director | 2017-11-08 | 2019-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Philip Scott Whelan | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2024-10-28 | Active |
| Mr Daniel Mark Pickford | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-10-28 | Active |
| Mm Flowers Ltd | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-12-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+8.8%
£836,750 £910,086
-
Cash
+121.2%
£271,788 £601,328
-
Net assets
+3.8%
£388,443 £403,357
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-67.2%
£226,328 £74,125
-
Profit before tax
-67.2%
£226,328 £74,125
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