AGS GLOBAL LTD.

🌳Matureactive

04029352 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-07

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

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 (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

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

73 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£76
Current assets	—	£11.0k
Cash	—	£152
Debtors	—	£9.0k
Net assets	—	£76
Average employees	1	—

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-03
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-12-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-20
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-11-17
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-12-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-09-28
📄
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2016-09-27
📄
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2014-09-08
➖
HOLLIDAY, John Richard resigned
secretary
2007-07-08
➖
CLARKE, Andrew Jonathan resigned
secretary
2007-07-08
➕
HOLLIDAY, John Richard appointed
secretary
2006-12-01
➕
CLARKE, Andrew Jonathan appointed
secretary
2006-12-01
➖
LEE, Stephen Christopher resigned
secretary
2006-12-01
➖
LEE, Stephen Christopher resigned
director
2000-07-07
🏢
Company incorporated
As AGS GLOBAL LTD.
2000-07-07
➕
CLARKE, Andrew Jonathan appointed
director
2000-07-07
➕
MATTHEWS, Gary Anthony appointed
director
2000-07-07
➕
LEE, Stephen Christopher appointed
secretary
2000-07-07
➕
IGP CORPORATE NOMINEES LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-07
➖
IGP CORPORATE NOMINEES LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-07-07
➕
LEE, Stephen Christopher appointed
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Jonathan Clarke Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Technology · CM postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
A J SMITH CONSULTANCY LIMITED→ 07624884 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
A J SMITH DEFENCE BUREAU CONSULTANCY LIMITED→ 16381170 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ADS ON AIR LTD→ 16421377 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ADSUL LIMITED→ 09368299 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
ADTEC IT LIMITED→ 10586688 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
AEGEAN IT SOLUTIONS LTD→ 11073237 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
AFFAINIE ENTERPRISE LIMITED→ 12637315 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
AGANTIS LIMITED→ 13025160 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
AGRIBAY LIMITED→ 10284260 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
AHIMANU LTD→ 11182721 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
AHL HEALTHCARE LTD→ 14030766 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
AI BUSINESS CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ 16041507 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-07-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Lakeview House

4 Woodbrook Crescent

Billericay

Essex

CM12 0EQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CLARKE, Andrew Jonathan→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-07-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MATTHEWS, Gary Anthony→

director · ~65y · appointed 2000-07-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CLARKE, Andrew Jonathan→

secretary · appointed 2006-12-01 · resigned 2007-07-08

Resigned

HOLLIDAY, John Richard→

secretary · appointed 2007-07-08 · resigned 2014-09-08

Resigned

LEE, Stephen Christopher→

secretary · appointed 2000-07-07 · resigned 2006-12-01

Resigned

IGP CORPORATE NOMINEES LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-07 · resigned 2000-07-07

Resigned

LEE, Stephen Christopher→

director · ~59y · appointed 2000-07-07 · resigned 2006-12-01

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.