THAMES SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03251850 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-19
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 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 2 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
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
128 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£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees3200

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
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-05-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-05-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-05-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-05-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2025-05-13
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    COLLINS, Anne Maria, Dr. appointed
    director
  11. 2025-05-13
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    FOSTER, Graham John resigned
    director
  12. 2025-02-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2025-02-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2025-02-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2025-01-25
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    MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2024-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2024-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2024-03-31
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    KAYDOO, Dave Sham resigned
    director
  20. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2023-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2023-01-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  23. 2022-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2018-07-31
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    ADRIAANS, Morne Clive resigned
    director
  26. 2018-06-30
    ➖
    VAN UFFELEN, Richard Johannes Maria resigned
    director
  27. 2017-02-28
    ➖
    O'DELL, Christopher resigned
    director
  28. 2016-11-01
    ➕
    O'DELL, Christopher appointed
    director
  29. 2015-08-05
    ➕
    VAN UFFELEN, Richard Johannes Maria appointed
    director
  30. 2014-11-01
    ➕
    FOSTER, Graham John appointed
    director
  31. 2011-08-01
    ➕
    KAYDOO, Dave Sham appointed
    director
  32. 2011-04-08
    ➕
    ADRIAANS, Morne Clive appointed
    director
  33. 2011-01-01
    ➖
    KIRKPATRICK, Veronique Agnes Lydie resigned
    secretary
  34. 2009-10-01
    ➖
    KIRKPATRICK, Veronique Agnes Lydie resigned
    director
  35. 2007-07-16
    ➕
    MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    KIRKPATRICK, Stewart John appointed
    director
  37. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    KIRKPATRICK, Veronique Agnes Lydie appointed
    secretary
  38. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    KIRKPATRICK, Veronique Agnes Lydie appointed
    director
  39. 1996-09-20
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1996-09-20
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 1996-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As THAMES SYSTEMS LIMITED
  42. 1996-09-19
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1996-09-19
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 29 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 29 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 Stewart John Kirkpatrick
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Dr. Anne Maria Collins
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control13/05/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Graham John Fosterceased 13/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1996-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Nightingale House
46-48 East Street
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 1HQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)

COLLINS, Anne Maria, Dr.→
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KIRKPATRICK, Stewart John→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KIRKPATRICK, Veronique Agnes Lydie→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 2011-01-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-09-19 · resigned 1996-09-20
Resigned
MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-16 · resigned 2025-01-25
Resigned
ADRIAANS, Morne Clive→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-04-08 · resigned 2018-07-31
Resigned
FOSTER, Graham John→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-11-01 · resigned 2025-05-13
Resigned
KAYDOO, Dave Sham→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-08-01 · resigned 2024-03-31
Resigned
KIRKPATRICK, Veronique Agnes Lydie→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
O'DELL, Christopher→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2017-02-28
Resigned
VAN UFFELEN, Richard Johannes Maria→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-08-05 · resigned 2018-06-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-09-19 · resigned 1996-09-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (128 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-14