ALVERTON SOFTWARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05757253 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-27
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  3. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2006-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ALVERTON SOFTWARE LIMITED
  16. 2006-03-27
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    BEUTTELL, Peter appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-03-27
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    BEUTTELL, Peter appointed
    director
  18. 2006-03-27
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    WILSON, Stephen Edward 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter William Gerard Beuttell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Edward Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

11 Purcell's Court
George Lane
Marlborough
SN8 4BS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BEUTTELL, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-27
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BEUTTELL, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-03-27
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Active
WILSON, Stephen Edward→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-03-27
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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-08