DART DATA SYSTEMS LTD

💤Zombieactive

03009172 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-12

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Feb 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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2025-03-12
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2024-03-17
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2023-03-16
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2022-11-16
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2021-11-01
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2020-06-10
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2019-06-18
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accounts · AA
2018-06-18
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accounts · AA
2017-11-01
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accounts · AA
2016-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-03-02
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-05
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accounts · AA
2015-03-02
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2014-09-05
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accounts · AA
1995-01-17
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ISAAC, Linda Joyce appointed
secretary
1995-01-17
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ISAAC, Samuel Malcolm appointed
director
1995-01-17
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TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
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1995-01-17
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TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
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1995-01-12
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Company incorporated
As DART DATA SYSTEMS LTD
1995-01-12
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TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-01-12
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TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Samuel Malcolm Isaac Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Joyce Isaac Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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8 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

Incorporated1995-01-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Trevanion

Bwlch

Brecon

Powys

LD3 7HZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ISAAC, Linda Joyce→

secretary · appointed 1995-01-17

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Active

ISAAC, Samuel Malcolm→

director · ~70y · appointed 1995-01-17

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Active

TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-12 · resigned 1995-01-17

Resigned

TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-01-12 · resigned 1995-01-17

Resigned

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