NGAGE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05879544 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-18

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-09-23
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2025-05-13
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officers · CH01
2024-10-02
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accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts · AA
2022-08-15
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officers · CH01
2022-08-15
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officers · CH01
2022-03-03
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persons-with-significant-control · EW04
2022-03-03
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capital · EW05
2022-03-03
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officers · EW03
2022-03-03
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officers · EW02
2022-03-03
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withdrawal-of-the-directors-register-information-from-the-public-register
officers · EW01
2021-09-22
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accounts · AA
2020-10-15
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officers · CH01
2020-10-14
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2020-10-14
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2020-10-14
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address · AD01
2020-10-14
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2017-10-10
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JONCKEER, Robert Francois resigned
secretary
2017-05-01
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CHAMPNEY, Clive Adrian appointed
director
2015-03-19
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RANDALL, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2014-12-11
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SIMS, Jamie Richard resigned
director
2012-04-19
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DAVIS, Peter Alan resigned
director
2012-01-26
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LANGTON, Robert Stephen resigned
director
2011-07-01
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DEAN, Heather Frances appointed
director
2011-01-27
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JONCKEER, Robert Francois appointed
secretary
2011-01-27
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ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-10-01
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SIMS, Jamie Richard appointed
director
2010-05-01
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DUNN, Lynsey Elizabeth Louise appointed
director
2010-05-01
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DAVIS, Peter Alan appointed
director
2010-03-31
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SIMS, Jamie Richard resigned
director
2010-03-31
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WHARTON, Deborah resigned
director
2009-08-01
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BATTING, Philippa Elizabeth appointed
director
2008-10-23
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LANGTON, Robert Stephen appointed
director
2008-09-30
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PRATT, Alexander Leonard John resigned
director
2008-07-31
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WHITTAKER, Elaine Patricia resigned
director
2008-01-01
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WHARTON, Deborah appointed
director
2007-09-30
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FINCH, Graeme Albert resigned
director
2006-07-20
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FINCH, Graeme Albert appointed
director
2006-07-20
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JONCKHEER, Robert Francois resigned
director
2006-07-20
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PRATT, Alexander Leonard John appointed
director
2006-07-20
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SIMS, Jamie Richard appointed
director
2006-07-20
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WHITTAKER, Elaine Patricia appointed
director
2006-07-18
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Company incorporated
As NGAGE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2006-07-18
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ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-07-18
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JONCKHEER, Robert Francois appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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.)

Group structure

Ngage Solutions Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ngage Solutions Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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NGAGE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 05879544

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ngage Solutions Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-07-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1 Edison Road

Rabans Lane Industrial Estate

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP19 8TE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-19

Last: 2025-07-05