BASE 3 SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03268508 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒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: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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
17 officers (3 active, 17 linked, 13 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
127 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees314900

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    GATWARD, Thomas Jack, Mr. resigned
    director
  2. 2026-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-10-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-09-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-04-01
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    GATWARD, Thomas Jack, Mr. appointed
    director
  11. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-07-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2022-07-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2022-07-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-07-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2022-06-20
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Ian Charles resigned
    director
  17. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-01-28
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    SKILLICORN, Helen Louise appointed
    director
  22. 2015-01-28
    ➕
    SKILLICORN, Neil Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2013-10-28
    ➖
    SKINNER, Martin Clive resigned
    director
  24. 2012-07-24
    ➖
    SKILLICORN, Helen Louise resigned
    director
  25. 2012-07-24
    ➖
    SKILLICORN, Neil Richard resigned
    director
  26. 2011-11-01
    ➕
    SKINNER, Martin Clive appointed
    director
  27. 2008-05-08
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Ian Charles resigned
    secretary
  28. 2003-10-18
    ➕
    SKILLICORN, Helen Louise appointed
    director
  29. 2003-10-18
    ➕
    SKILLICORN, Neil Richard appointed
    director
  30. 2003-05-23
    ➖
    GEORGE, Kim Graeme resigned
    director
  31. 2003-02-21
    ➖
    IRVEN, Paul Christopher Norres resigned
    secretary
  32. 2003-02-21
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Ian Charles appointed
    secretary
  33. 2003-02-21
    ➖
    IRVEN, Paul Christopher Norres resigned
    director
  34. 2002-04-04
    ➕
    BAKER, Judith Ann appointed
    director
  35. 2002-01-14
    ➖
    BOURGI, Patrick Claude Amedee resigned
    director
  36. 1999-10-08
    ➕
    BOURGI, Patrick Claude Amedee appointed
    director
  37. 1999-02-15
    ➖
    LUNN, David resigned
    director
  38. 1998-09-24
    ➕
    LUNN, David appointed
    director
  39. 1996-11-05
    ➖
    DURRANT, Patricia Chorlton Prichard resigned
    secretary
  40. 1996-11-05
    ➕
    IRVEN, Paul Christopher Norres appointed
    secretary
  41. 1996-10-26
    ➕
    GEORGE, Kim Graeme appointed
    director
  42. 1996-10-26
    ➕
    IRVEN, Paul Christopher Norres appointed
    director
  43. 1996-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As BASE 3 SYSTEMS LIMITED
  44. 1996-10-24
    ➕
    DURRANT, Patricia Chorlton Prichard appointed
    secretary
  45. 1996-10-24
    ➕
    WAYNE, Harold appointed
    nominee-secretary
  46. 1996-10-24
    ➖
    WAYNE, Harold resigned
    nominee-secretary
  47. 1996-10-24
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Ian Charles appointed
    director
  48. 1996-10-24
    ➕
    WAYNE, Yvonne appointed
    nominee-director
  49. 1996-10-24
    ➖
    WAYNE, Yvonne resigned
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Helen Louise Skillicorn
Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
50–75%
—50-75% shares20/06/2022
Maxine Susan Heppenstall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/02/2025
Ms Judith Ann Baker
Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Neil Richard Skillicorn
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence20/06/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ian Charles Macdonaldceased 20/06/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1996-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Stuart House
15/17 North Park Road
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 5PD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 14 resigned)

BAKER, Judith Ann→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKILLICORN, Helen Louise→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKILLICORN, Neil Richard→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DURRANT, Patricia Chorlton Prichard→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-24 · resigned 1996-11-05
Resigned
IRVEN, Paul Christopher Norres→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-05 · resigned 2003-02-21
Resigned
MACDONALD, Ian Charles→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-21 · resigned 2008-05-08
Resigned
WAYNE, Harold→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-24 · resigned 1996-10-24
Resigned
BOURGI, Patrick Claude Amedee→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-10-08 · resigned 2002-01-14
Resigned
GATWARD, Thomas Jack, Mr.→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-04-01 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned
GEORGE, Kim Graeme→
director · ~62y · appointed 1996-10-26 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned
IRVEN, Paul Christopher Norres→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-10-26 · resigned 2003-02-21
Resigned
LUNN, David→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-09-24 · resigned 1999-02-15
Resigned
MACDONALD, Ian Charles→
director · ~70y · appointed 1996-10-24 · resigned 2022-06-20
Resigned
SKILLICORN, Helen Louise→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-10-18 · resigned 2012-07-24
Resigned
SKILLICORN, Neil Richard→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-10-18 · resigned 2012-07-24
Resigned
SKINNER, Martin Clive→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-11-01 · resigned 2013-10-28
Resigned
WAYNE, Yvonne→
nominee-director · ~46y · appointed 1996-10-24 · resigned 1996-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (127 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13