542 DIGITAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09682228 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-13
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.25M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,245,312
Cash YoY
+34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.1m
↑ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Assets
£2.5m
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£494k£988k£1.5m£2.0m£2.5mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.25M£2.14M
Current assets£2.47M£2.36M
Cash£2.14M£1.60M
Debtors£325.6k£762.5k
Net assets£2.25M£2.14M

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

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. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
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  4. 2024-07-29
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  5. 2024-07-26
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  6. 2024-07-26
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  7. 2024-07-26
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-04-30
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  9. 2023-06-27
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  10. 2022-09-29
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  11. 2022-08-15
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  12. 2022-08-05
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  13. 2022-04-26
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  14. 2021-03-26
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  15. 2020-03-10
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  16. 2019-04-29
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  17. 2019-02-14
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    address · AD01
  18. 2015-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As 542 DIGITAL LIMITED
  19. 2015-07-13
    ➕
    FITZPATRICK, Colin Carl appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-13
    ➕
    HUGHES, Henry appointed
    director
  21. 2015-07-13
    ➕
    KOUDELA, Radim appointed
    director
  22. 2015-07-13
    ➕
    WALSWORTH, Simon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Walsworth
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/07/2016
Mr Henry Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/07/2016
Mr Radim Koudela
Individual · Czech · DOB 06/1981 · age 45
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/07/2016
Mr Colin Carl Fitzpatrick
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/07/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Unit 306, Vox Studios 1-45 Durham Street
London
SE11 5JH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

FITZPATRICK, Colin Carl→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Henry→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KOUDELA, Radim→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALSWORTH, Simon→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09