AMSOFT SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04222916 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-24

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 May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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

62 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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	—	£-6.4k
Current assets	—	£5.7k
Cash	—	£5.7k
Debtors	—	£26
Net assets	—	£-6.4k
Average employees	2	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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2024-11-06
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2023-07-31
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2022-10-11
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2021-09-20
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2020-09-15
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2019-08-02
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2018-08-20
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2018-01-03
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accounts · AA
2017-11-06
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2017-11-06
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2016-09-01
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accounts · AA
2016-06-11
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2015-11-27
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2015-05-27
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2014-03-31
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MUGRIDGE, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2001-05-24
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Company incorporated
As AMSOFT SYSTEMS LIMITED
2001-05-24
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MUGRIDGE, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
2001-05-24
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MUGRIDGE, Adrian appointed
director
2001-05-24
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FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2001-05-24
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FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2001-05-24
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FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2001-05-24
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FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sarah Jane Mugridge Individual · British · DOB 04/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2017
Mr Adrian Mugridge Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2001-05-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

16 Laurelwood Drive

Great Sutton

Ellesmere Port

Cheshire

CH66 2HB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-20

Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MUGRIDGE, Sarah Jane→

secretary · appointed 2001-05-24

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Active

MUGRIDGE, Adrian→

director · ~58y · appointed 2001-05-24

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Active

MUGRIDGE, Sarah Jane→

director · ~50y · appointed 2014-03-31

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Active

FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-24 · resigned 2001-05-24

Resigned

FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-24 · resigned 2001-05-24

Resigned

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