AIM SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03289080 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-09

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£481.0k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £481,016

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£481k

↑ 2.0% YoY

Current Assets

£490k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£481.3k	£474.1k
Current assets	£489.7k	£492.4k
Net assets	£481.0k	£471.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-09-22
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2022-09-30
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2021-12-08
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2020-09-30
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2019-09-26
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2018-09-26
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2017-09-25
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2016-09-29
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2016-01-15
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2015-09-28
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2015-01-11
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1996-12-09
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Company incorporated
As AIM SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
1996-12-09
➕
WOOD, Alison Beverley appointed
secretary
1996-12-09
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WOOD, Alison Beverley appointed
director
1996-12-09
➕
WOOD, Ivan Robert appointed
director
1996-12-09
➕
ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-09
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ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-09
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ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-12-09
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ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ivan Robert Wood Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Alison Beverley Wood Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-12-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Barfield House

Lower Way

Upper Longdon

Staffordshire

WS15 1QG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-25

Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WOOD, Alison Beverley→

secretary · appointed 1996-12-09

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Active

WOOD, Alison Beverley→

director · ~69y · appointed 1996-12-09

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Active

WOOD, Ivan Robert→

director · ~70y · appointed 1996-12-09

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Active

ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-09 · resigned 1996-12-09

Resigned

ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-12-09 · resigned 1996-12-09

Resigned

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