ATLAS BUSINESS SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
07102986 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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 16.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-05-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2014-02-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2010-04-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2009-12-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ATLAS BUSINESS SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGIES LTD
  20. 2009-12-12
    ➕
    BUTLER, Daphne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-12-12
    ➕
    BUTLER, Daphne appointed
    director
  22. 2009-12-12
    ➕
    BUTLER, John Andrew Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Atlas Business Group Of Companies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Atlas Business Group Of Companies Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ATLAS BUSINESS SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGIES LTD
This company · 07102986

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Atlas Business Group Of Companies Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Datum House
Electra Way
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 6ZF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BUTLER, Daphne→
secretary · appointed 2009-12-12
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Active
BUTLER, Daphne→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-12-12
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Active
BUTLER, John Andrew Scott→
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-12-12
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/04/201013/02/2014

Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16