AGILE COMPUTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02714471 · ltd · incorporated 1992-05-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£51.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £51,504

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£164k
Net Worth
£52k
Current Assets
£201k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£40k£81k£121k£161k£201kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£51.5k—
Current assets£201.4k—
Cash£163.7k—
Debtors£37.7k—
Net assets£51.5k—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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  2. 2025-04-07
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  3. 2025-04-07
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  4. 2024-04-24
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  5. 2022-10-12
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  6. 2022-04-06
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  7. 2021-01-22
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  8. 2020-12-07
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  9. 2020-04-28
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  10. 2020-04-11
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  11. 2020-01-16
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  12. 2019-03-27
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  13. 2018-04-05
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  14. 2017-06-26
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    address · AD01
  15. 2017-04-24
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  16. 2008-02-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Paul Davis & Graham Bridle
  17. 2004-07-31
    ➕
    HEYES, Alan George appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-07-31
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    BROWN, Gavin resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-03-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paul Anthony Davis and Graham Kenneth Bridle
  20. 1994-11-09
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    HEYES, Alan George appointed
    director
  21. 1992-06-02
    ➕
    BROWN, Gavin appointed
    secretary
  22. 1992-06-02
    ➖
    KAY, Donna Fiona resigned
    secretary
  23. 1992-06-02
    ➖
    KAY, Donna Fiona resigned
    director
  24. 1992-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AGILE COMPUTERS LIMITED
  25. 1992-05-13
    ➕
    BROWN, Gavin appointed
    director
  26. 1992-05-13
    ➕
    MARTIN, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  27. 1992-05-13
    ➕
    KAY, Donna Fiona appointed
    secretary
  28. 1992-05-13
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1992-05-13
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1992-05-13
    ➕
    KAY, Donna Fiona appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan George Heyes
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/05/2017
Mr Paul Andrew Martin
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/05/2017
Mr Gavin David Brown
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/05/2017

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

41 High Street
Orpington
BR6 0JE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

HEYES, Alan George→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-31
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Active
BROWN, Gavin→
director · ~57y · appointed 1992-05-13
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Active
HEYES, Alan George→
director · ~62y · appointed 1994-11-09
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Active
MARTIN, Paul Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 1992-05-13
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Active
BROWN, Gavin→
secretary · appointed 1992-06-02 · resigned 2004-07-31
Resigned
KAY, Donna Fiona→
secretary · appointed 1992-05-13 · resigned 1992-06-02
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-05-13 · resigned 1992-05-13
Resigned
KAY, Donna Fiona→
director · ~62y · appointed 1992-05-13 · resigned 1992-06-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paul Davis & Graham Bridle
Security deposit deed1 property05/02/2008—
outstanding
Paul Anthony Davis and Graham Kenneth Bridle
Security deposit deed1 property14/03/2003—
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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26