A1 IT NETWORKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07377106 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-15
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-04
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  2. 2024-06-13
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  3. 2023-05-30
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  4. 2022-01-21
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  5. 2021-01-14
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  6. 2019-12-18
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  7. 2019-01-21
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  8. 2017-12-12
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  9. 2016-11-23
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  10. 2015-11-18
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  11. 2015-09-15
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  12. 2015-01-23
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  13. 2014-09-15
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  15. 2013-09-15
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  16. 2011-09-16
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    HUGHES, Donna Louise appointed
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  17. 2011-09-14
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    COTTERILL, Marshall Christian resigned
    director
  18. 2010-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 IT NETWORKS LIMITED
  19. 2010-09-15
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    HUGHES, Carl Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2010-09-15
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    COTTERILL, Marshall Christian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Carl Anthony Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/09/2016
Mrs Donna Louise Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/09/2016

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
Incorporated2010-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

27 Parc Hafod
Four Crosses
Llanymynech
Powys
SY22 6NZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HUGHES, Carl Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Donna Louise→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COTTERILL, Marshall Christian→
director · ~44y · appointed 2010-09-15 · resigned 2011-09-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
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2025-06-04
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2024-09-17
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accounts · AA
2024-06-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
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accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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2022-09-26
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2022-01-21
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2021-09-15
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accounts · AA
2021-01-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16
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accounts · AA
2019-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-15
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accounts · AA
2019-01-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-23