BRADENFORD SOFTWARE LTD

💤Zombieactive
03588808 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
3
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-16
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2026-07-08
    ➖
    BOULT, Roger Malcolm resigned
    director
  3. 2026-07-08
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-08-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-08-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2025-08-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2025-08-08
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-08-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2024-03-27
    ➖
    JOHNSON, Daniel Robert Keith resigned
    director
  12. 2024-03-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-12-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-08-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-03-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-09-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2000-10-03
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Daniel Robert Keith appointed
    director
  21. 1998-06-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRADENFORD SOFTWARE LTD
  22. 1998-06-26
    ➕
    BOULT, Deborah Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-06-26
    ➕
    BOULT, Geoffrey Michael appointed
    director
  24. 1998-06-26
    ➕
    BOULT, Roger Malcolm appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-08-09: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Roger Malcolm Boult
Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Geoffrey Michael Boult
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

34 High East Street
Dorchester
DT1 1HA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-10
Last: 2026-06-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BOULT, Deborah Ann→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-26
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Active
BOULT, Geoffrey Michael→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-06-26
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Active
BOULT, Roger Malcolm→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-06-26 · resigned 2026-07-08
Resigned
JOHNSON, Daniel Robert Keith→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-10-03 · resigned 2024-03-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-09
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27