PRIDEPATH COMPUTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03131647 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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, 3 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
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 Liabilities
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£0£28k£57k£85k£114k£142kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£141.9k
Current assets—£100.8k
Net assets—£141.9k
Average employees0—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-11-28
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2025-11-27
    ➕
    HOLLAND, Victoria Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  5. 2025-11-27
    ➖
    SNAITH, Joyce resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-11-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 1995-12-21
    ➕
    SNAITH, Martin Aynsley appointed
    director
  20. 1995-12-21
    ➕
    SNAITH, Joyce appointed
    secretary
  21. 1995-12-21
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1995-12-21
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1995-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As PRIDEPATH COMPUTING LIMITED
  24. 1995-11-28
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1995-11-28
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH'S 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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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

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 Martin Aynsley Snaith
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated1995-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Moss Wood Partnership Moss Wood
Lowick
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
TD15 2QE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HOLLAND, Victoria Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2025-11-27
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Active
SNAITH, Martin Aynsley→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SNAITH, Joyce→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-21 · resigned 2025-11-27
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-28 · resigned 1995-12-21
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-11-28 · resigned 1995-12-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-28
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31