ACME SYSTEMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04666510 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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  2. 2024-12-15
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  3. 2023-11-15
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  4. 2023-01-15
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  5. 2021-06-14
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  6. 2020-05-27
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  7. 2019-05-31
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  8. 2018-06-01
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  9. 2017-06-22
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  10. 2016-10-24
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  11. 2016-02-19
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  12. 2015-08-20
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  13. 2015-02-14
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  14. 2014-08-11
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  15. 2014-03-02
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  16. 2007-04-10
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    JAYASHANKER, Brahmi appointed
    director
  17. 2007-02-07
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    JAYASHANKER, Brahmi appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-02-07
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    JAYASHANKER, Jayarajasingham appointed
    director
  19. 2007-02-07
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    JAYASHANKER, Jayarajasingham resigned
    secretary
  20. 2007-02-07
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    JAYASHANKER, Brahmi resigned
    director
  21. 2004-10-21
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    JAYASHANKER, Brahmi resigned
    secretary
  22. 2004-10-21
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    JAYASHANKER, Jayarajasingham appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-10-21
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    JAYASHANKER, Brahmi appointed
    director
  24. 2004-10-21
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    JAYASHANKER, Jayarajasingham resigned
    director
  25. 2003-02-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ACME SYSTEMS LTD
  26. 2003-02-14
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    JAYASHANKER, Brahmi appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-02-14
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-02-14
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
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  29. 2003-02-14
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    JAYASHANKER, Jayarajasingham appointed
    director
  30. 2003-02-14
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    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2003-02-14
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    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-02-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

3 Farm Close
Sutton
Surrey
SM2 5HZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

JAYASHANKER, Brahmi→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAYASHANKER, Brahmi→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAYASHANKER, Jayarajasingham→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAYASHANKER, Brahmi→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-14 · resigned 2004-10-21
Resigned
JAYASHANKER, Jayarajasingham→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-21 · resigned 2007-02-07
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-14 · resigned 2003-02-14
Resigned
JAYASHANKER, Brahmi→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-10-21 · resigned 2007-02-07
Resigned
JAYASHANKER, Jayarajasingham→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-02-14 · resigned 2004-10-21
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-14 · resigned 2003-02-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-01