ALLWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04148185 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-26
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£140.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -63% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £140,690
Cash draining
Cash down 63% YoY
Cash YoY
-63%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£74k
↓ 63% YoY
Net Worth
£141k
↑ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
£157k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£52k£103k£155k£206k£258kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£201.4k£153.6k
Current assets£157.3k£257.6k
Cash£73.9k£201.5k
Debtors£83.3k£56.0k
Net assets£140.7k£131.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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  2. 2024-11-08
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  3. 2023-10-09
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  4. 2022-11-02
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  5. 2022-01-25
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    address · AD01
  6. 2022-01-25
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    address · AD01
  7. 2022-01-25
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  8. 2021-12-30
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  9. 2021-03-16
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  10. 2019-12-30
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  11. 2018-12-28
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  12. 2018-12-18
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  13. 2017-12-31
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  14. 2017-03-22
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  15. 2017-03-20
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    WARE, Kathryn appointed
    director
  16. 2016-12-30
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  17. 2001-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED
  18. 2001-01-26
    ➕
    WARE, Kathryn Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-01-26
    ➕
    WARE, Philip Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2001-01-26
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-01-26
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-01-26
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-01-26
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WARE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Peter Ware
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
75–100%
—75-100% shares26/01/2017

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
Incorporated2001-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Old Greens Barn , 123 Greens Farm Rusper Road
Newdigate
Dorking
Surrey
RH5 5BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WARE, Kathryn Jane→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-26
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Active
WARE, Kathryn→
director · ~53y · appointed 2017-03-20
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Active
WARE, Philip Peter→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-01-26
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Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-26 · resigned 2001-01-26
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-26 · resigned 2001-01-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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2026-03-18
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accounts · AA
2025-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
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accounts · AA
2024-11-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27