ACADEMY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

07023933 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-20

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 2.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

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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 (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
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ELZE, Timothy Heinrich appointed
director
2025-09-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-01-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-18
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Triple Point Advancr Leasing PLC
2023-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2017-04-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-03-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-03-10
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HORSBURGH, James resigned
director
2014-06-01
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TIPPLE, David Charles appointed
director
2014-02-01
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HORSBURGH, James appointed
director
2009-09-20
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Company incorporated
As ACADEMY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS LTD
2009-09-20
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SAWYER, Jacqueline appointed
secretary
2009-09-20
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AITKEN, Stephen John appointed
director
2009-09-20
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BENNETT, Graham Vernon appointed
director
2009-09-20
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SAWYER, Jacqueline 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 72 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

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

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Insource Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ACADEMY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS LTD

This company · 07023933

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
Insource Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-09-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

4 Southern Court

South Street

Reading

Berkshire

RG1 4QS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20