ALTCOM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03130966 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£878.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £878,890
Net assets shrinking
Down £158,998 YoY
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£733k
↑ 6.1% YoY
Net Worth
£879k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£1.4m
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£315k£630k£945k£1.3m£1.6mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£899.4k£1.06M
Current assets£1.41M£1.58M
Cash£732.9k£691.0k
Debtors£648.1k£812.7k
Net assets£878.9k£1.04M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
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  3. 2023-12-11
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  4. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-12
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  7. 2021-08-11
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  8. 2021-08-11
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  9. 2021-08-11
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  10. 2021-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  11. 2020-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  13. 2019-12-20
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  14. 2019-10-11
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  15. 2019-10-11
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  16. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-12-11
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    BUCKLEY JUPE, Shelagh appointed
    director
  18. 2014-12-11
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    COWLES, Sandra appointed
    director
  19. 2007-05-10
    ➕
    JUPE, Andrew John, Dr appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-05-10
    ➖
    WILCOX, David Jeffrey resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-05-10
    ➖
    WILCOX, David Jeffrey resigned
    director
  22. 2004-01-19
    ➕
    JUPE, Andrew John, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2001-01-16
    ➖
    WILCOX, Barbara Jessie resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    COWLES, John Frederick appointed
    director
  25. 1996-03-01
    ➕
    WILCOX, Barbara Jessie appointed
    secretary
  26. 1996-03-01
    ➖
    COWLES, John Frederick resigned
    director
  27. 1995-11-28
    ➕
    WILCOX, David Jeffrey appointed
    secretary
  28. 1995-11-28
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1995-11-28
    ➕
    COWLES, John Frederick appointed
    director
  30. 1995-11-28
    ➕
    WILCOX, David Jeffrey appointed
    director
  31. 1995-11-28
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1995-11-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTCOM LIMITED
  33. 1995-11-27
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1995-11-27
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Frederick Cowles
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Dr Andrew John Jupe
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-11-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62011 — Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Registered office

The Old School
The Stennack
St Ives
Cornwall
TR26 1QU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

JUPE, Andrew John, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCKLEY JUPE, Shelagh→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWLES, John Frederick→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWLES, Sandra→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JUPE, Andrew John, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILCOX, Barbara Jessie→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-01 · resigned 2001-01-16
Resigned
WILCOX, David Jeffrey→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-28 · resigned 2007-05-10
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-27 · resigned 1995-11-28
Resigned
COWLES, John Frederick→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-11-28 · resigned 1996-03-01
Resigned
WILCOX, David Jeffrey→
director · ~63y · appointed 1995-11-28 · resigned 2007-05-10
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-11-27 · resigned 1995-11-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (118 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-11