ANALYTIC EYE LTD
💤Zombieactive
04471248 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-27
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
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-27📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-06-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2024-06-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-03-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2007-03-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Winford Red Limited
- 2002-06-29➕ROSS, Samantha Isabel appointedsecretary
- 2002-06-29➕ROSS, Edward Andrew appointeddirector
- 2002-06-28➖HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-06-28➖HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-06-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ANALYTIC EYE LTD
- 2002-06-27➕HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-06-27➕HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
85/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Edward Andrew Ross Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2017 |
Mrs Samantha Isabel Ross Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| ADELARD STEEL LIMITED→ 03487711 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
Bishopbrook House
Cathedral Avenue
Wells
BA5 1FD
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)
ROSS, Samantha Isabel→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROSS, Edward Andrew→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2002-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-28
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-28
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Winford Red Winford Red Limited | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 30/03/2007 | 03/03/2021 |
Recent filings (85 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-27
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-06-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-27