21ST CENTURY INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02438510 · ltd · incorporated 1989-11-01
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
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-20
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  6. 2022-05-03
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  7. 2021-05-11
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  8. 2020-05-07
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  9. 2019-05-13
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  10. 2018-06-11
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  11. 2017-08-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-24
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    officers · AP03
  13. 2017-05-24
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-05-24
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-05-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2017-05-15
    LOWE, Nicholas William appointed
    secretary
  17. 2017-05-15
    LOWE, Nicholas William appointed
    director
  18. 2017-05-15
    ROBINSON, Glenn resigned
    secretary
  19. 2017-05-15
    ROBINSON, Glenn resigned
    director
  20. 2017-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-04-29
    SINGLETON, Russell Craig appointed
    director
  22. 2015-04-29
    COUSINS, Sandra resigned
    secretary
  23. 2015-04-29
    ROBINSON, Glenn appointed
    secretary
  24. 2015-04-29
    BOTTOMLEY, William Alexander resigned
    director
  25. 2015-04-29
    ROBINSON, Glenn appointed
    director
  26. 1993-01-21
    COUSINS, Sandra appointed
    secretary
  27. 1993-01-20
    BOTTOMLEY, Kathleen Rose resigned
    secretary
  28. 1992-01-09
    BOTTOMLEY, Kathleen Rose resigned
    director
  29. 1989-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 21ST CENTURY INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Journeo Fleet Systems Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Journeo Fleet Systems Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
21ST CENTURY INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 02438510

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Journeo Fleet Systems Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares22/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • 21st Century Passenger Systems Ltdceased 22/04/2026· 75-100% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12 Charter Point Way
Ashby-De-La-Zouch
LE65 1NF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

LOWE, Nicholas William
secretary · appointed 2017-05-15
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Active
LOWE, Nicholas William
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-05-15
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Active
SINGLETON, Russell Craig
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-04-29
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Active
BOTTOMLEY, Kathleen Rose
secretary · resigned 1993-01-20
Resigned
COUSINS, Sandra
secretary · appointed 1993-01-21 · resigned 2015-04-29
Resigned
ROBINSON, Glenn
secretary · appointed 2015-04-29 · resigned 2017-05-15
Resigned
BOTTOMLEY, Kathleen Rose
director · ~80y · resigned 1992-01-09
Resigned
BOTTOMLEY, William Alexander
director · ~82y · resigned 2015-04-29
Resigned
ROBINSON, Glenn
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-04-29 · resigned 2017-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (111 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31