A P W COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03109300 · ltd · incorporated 1995-10-03
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees100100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-27
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  3. 2024-06-26
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  4. 2023-06-28
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  5. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2020-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2018-06-13
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  10. 2017-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-06-09
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-23
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  13. 2015-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1999-04-09
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    WHARTON, Jeanette Ruth appointed
    secretary
  17. 1999-04-08
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    WHARTON, Dorathy resigned
    secretary
  18. 1995-10-04
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    WHARTON, Adrian Peter appointed
    director
  19. 1995-10-04
    ➕
    WHARTON, Dorathy appointed
    secretary
  20. 1995-10-04
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-10-04
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1995-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A P W COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 1995-10-03
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1995-10-03
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Peter Wharton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

48 Church Road,
Bryning-With-Warton, Preston
Lancashire
PR4 1BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WHARTON, Jeanette Ruth→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHARTON, Adrian Peter→
director · ~56y · appointed 1995-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHARTON, Dorathy→
secretary · appointed 1995-10-04 · resigned 1999-04-08
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-10-03 · resigned 1995-10-04
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-10-03 · resigned 1995-10-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-11