BILLIAN I.T. SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03047912 · ltd · incorporated 1995-04-20
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 21.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 21.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
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
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 8 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-09-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-04-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-16📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-04-10📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-04-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-04➖JONES, Ian resignedsecretary
- 2025-03-25➕CASSIDY, Brian appointeddirector
- 2025-03-25➕GREEN, Rick appointeddirector
- 2025-03-25➕WILSON, Duncan Campbell appointeddirector
- 2024-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2020-12-01📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2012-10-29➖D-CONSULTANTS resignedcorporate-director
- 2009-12-09➕D-CONSULTANTS appointedcorporate-director
- 2008-04-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2007-10-01➖FOX, Martin John resigneddirector
- 2005-05-01➕FOX, Martin John appointeddirector
- 2005-03-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1999-04-21➖WALLACE, Nora Christine resigneddirector
- 1997-03-20➕JONES, Victoria Ann appointeddirector
- 1997-03-20➕JONES, Ian appointedsecretary
- 1997-01-28➖GILL, William resignedsecretary
- 1997-01-28➖GILL, William resigneddirector
- 1997-01-28➕WALLACE, Nora Christine appointeddirector
- 1995-04-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BILLIAN I.T. SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 1995-04-20➕JONES, Ian appointeddirector
- 1995-04-20➕GILL, William appointedsecretary
- 1995-04-20➕WING, Clifford Donald appointedsecretary
- 1995-04-20➖WING, Clifford Donald resignedsecretary
- 1995-04-20➕GILL, William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Brooklyn Travel Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.
🏛️majority
Brooklyn Travel Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
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BILLIAN I.T. SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · 03047912
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brooklyn Travel Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 04/04/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ian Jonesceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
Canterbury Travel (London) Ltd, 42
High Street
Northwood
Middlesex
HA6 1BL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07
Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)
CASSIDY, Brian→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2025-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
JONES, Victoria Ann→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 1997-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILSON, Duncan Campbell→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2025-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILL, William→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-04-20 · resigned 1997-01-28
JONES, Ian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-03-20 · resigned 2025-04-04
WING, Clifford Donald→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-04-20 · resigned 1995-04-20
FOX, Martin John→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2005-05-01 · resigned 2007-10-01
GILL, William→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 1995-04-20 · resigned 1997-01-28
WALLACE, Nora Christine→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 1997-01-28 · resigned 1999-04-21
D-CONSULTANTS→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2009-12-09 · resigned 2012-10-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/03/2005 | 18/04/2008 |
Recent filings (110 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-02
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-16
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-04-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-10