AGENA LTD

🌳Matureactive

03459875 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-04

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 23.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.9 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 (71/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	100	100

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

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3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

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2019-12-31
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BIRTLES, Nicholas resigned
director
2019-12-31
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WIRSZYCZ, Robert Michael resigned
director
2004-07-22
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BIRTLES, Nicholas appointed
director
2003-10-13
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WIRSZYCZ, Robert Michael appointed
director
2002-07-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1997-11-20
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TRANHAM, Edward Charles appointed
secretary
1997-11-20
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FENTON, Norman appointed
director
1997-11-20
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NEIL, Martin David appointed
director
1997-11-20
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TRANHAM, Edward Charles appointed
director
1997-11-04
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Company incorporated
As AGENA LTD
1997-11-04
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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1997-11-04
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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1997-11-04
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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1997-11-04
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-11-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

11 Main Street

Caldecote

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB23 7NU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-18

Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

TRANHAM, Edward Charles→

secretary · appointed 1997-11-20

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Active

FENTON, Norman→

director · ~70y · appointed 1997-11-20

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Active

NEIL, Martin David→

director · ~60y · appointed 1997-11-20

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Active

TRANHAM, Edward Charles→

director · ~67y · appointed 1997-11-20

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-04 · resigned 1997-11-04

Resigned

BIRTLES, Nicholas→

director · ~82y · appointed 2004-07-22 · resigned 2019-12-31

Resigned

WIRSZYCZ, Robert Michael→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-10-13 · resigned 2019-12-31

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-04 · resigned 1997-11-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	08/07/2002	—

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