THE APM GROUP LIMITED
Company number 02861902 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
The APM Group is a mature, well-capitalised accreditation and certification franchise with a defensible two-sided network, hard-to-replicate regulatory licences and a conservatively financed balance sheet — but it is strategically plateaued, with total assets down 43% from their FY2017 peak and cash halved year-on-year. The £1.1m investment write-off masks a near-break-even underlying performance, meaning gross profit growth is being fully absorbed by operating costs. The decisive move is to convert its transactional certification model into recurring assurance and software revenue by commercialising the newly launched SFIA and GDPR schemes and the SaaS business-case tool, while diversifying away from a dangerously concentrated core market.
Shareholders' funds
£6,943,036
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the Group in the year under review was that of accreditation and certification of organisations, processes and people worldwide in a variety of languages.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-10-13
- Employees
- 97 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 6th Floor Sword House, Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 6DG
- Postcode
- HP13 6DG
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-13
- Next due by
- 2027-10-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Officers 7 current · 9 resigned
Public contracts won 2
£90,001 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6934466 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 7/8 QUEEN SQUARE, HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP11 2BP | 2005-06-27 |
| 85 OXFORD ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HP11 2DX | 1999-02-04 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 2,188 similar companies in HP
The largest employer among its local peers (97 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1993.
Competitors High Wycombe
This company ranks 2 among management consultancy activities other than financial management in High Wycombe.
The class of 1993
32%
of the 499 companies in this sector incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 67% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.