AI TRAINING SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
03219232 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-02
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 17.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£763.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
  • 85421First-degree level higher education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 17.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £763,170
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£388k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£763k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£579k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£153k£305k£458k£611k£763kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£865.1k£859.1k
Current assets£578.8k£590.5k
Cash£388.1k£309.5k
Debtors£190.7k£281.0k
Net assets£763.2k£740.7k

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

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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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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  8. 2024-01-17
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  9. 2024-01-16
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    HOWE, Anna appointed
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  10. 2024-01-16
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    NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan resigned
    secretary
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  12. 2023-04-26
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  13. 2021-12-10
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  14. 2021-02-24
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  16. 2019-03-29
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  17. 2018-04-10
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  18. 2017-07-11
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  19. 2009-02-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2009-02-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2008-06-23
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    HARVEY, Christopher Michael resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-06-23
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    NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-10-21
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    NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan appointed
    director
  24. 2005-02-11
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    HARVEY, Christopher Michael appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-02-10
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    BOND, Jane Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-11-17
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    BOND, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-11-16
    ➖
    NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan resigned
    secretary
  28. 2004-11-16
    ➖
    NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan resigned
    director
  29. 2004-03-15
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    FELL, Michael John resigned
    director
  30. 2004-03-15
    ➖
    WARD, Amanda Jane resigned
    director
  31. 2002-01-28
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    FELL, Michael John appointed
    director
  32. 2000-07-19
    ➖
    NEADES, Elaine Joan resigned
    director
  33. 1999-06-18
    ➕
    NEADES, Elaine Joan appointed
    director
  34. 1999-06-18
    ➕
    WARD, Amanda Jane appointed
    director
  35. 1996-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AI TRAINING SERVICES LTD.
  36. 1996-07-02
    ➕
    WARD, Richard Mark William appointed
    director
  37. 1996-07-02
    ➕
    NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  38. 1996-07-02
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1996-07-02
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1996-07-02
    ➕
    NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Mark William Ward
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Joseph George Jonathan Neades
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Unit A5 Lakeside Business Park
South Cerney
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 5XL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

HOWE, Anna→
secretary · appointed 2024-01-16
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Active
NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-10-21
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Active
WARD, Richard Mark William→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOND, Jane Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-17 · resigned 2005-02-10
Resigned
HARVEY, Christopher Michael→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-11 · resigned 2008-06-23
Resigned
NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-23 · resigned 2024-01-16
Resigned
NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-02 · resigned 2004-11-16
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-02 · resigned 1996-07-02
Resigned
FELL, Michael John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-01-28 · resigned 2004-03-15
Resigned
NEADES, Elaine Joan→
director · ~68y · appointed 1999-06-18 · resigned 2000-07-19
Resigned
NEADES, Joseph George Jonathan→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-07-02 · resigned 2004-11-16
Resigned
WARD, Amanda Jane→
director · ~53y · appointed 1999-06-18 · resigned 2004-03-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property27/02/2009—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/02/2009—
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Recent filings (96 total)

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2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-01-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-01-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
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accounts · AA
2023-04-26
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2022-07-07
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2021-12-10