FERRANTI COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09869633 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 2 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2025-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-05
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  6. 2022-12-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-13
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  8. 2022-08-22
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  9. 2021-11-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-17
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  11. 2021-11-17
    📄
    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  12. 2021-10-21
    📄
    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  13. 2021-10-21
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  14. 2021-03-17
    📄
    withdrawal-of-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-from-the-public-register
    officers · EW02
  15. 2021-03-04
    📄
    change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH02
  16. 2021-03-04
    📄
    change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH02
  17. 2020-11-02
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  18. 2020-11-02
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2020-10-31
    ➕
    ALTIOS INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2020-10-31
    ➖
    FRENGER INTERNATIONAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2020-10-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-04-01
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Ian Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2018-06-06
    ➖
    HURCOMB, Mark resigned
    director
  24. 2018-04-26
    ➖
    ARKENIA BVBA resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2018-04-26
    ➖
    JUVACO BVBA resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 2017-04-10
    ➕
    TRIPLE-J CONSULT BVBA appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2017-04-10
    ➕
    ARKENIA BVBA appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2017-04-10
    ➕
    JUVACO BVBA appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2016-09-01
    ➖
    FENS MANAGEMENT GROEP B.V. resigned
    corporate-director
  30. 2015-11-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FERRANTI COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD
  31. 2015-11-12
    ➕
    ELAQ BVBA appointed
    corporate-director
  32. 2015-11-12
    ➕
    FRENGER INTERNATIONAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2015-11-12
    ➕
    HURCOMB, Mark appointed
    director
  34. 2015-11-12
    ➕
    FENS MANAGEMENT GROEP B.V. appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

Ferranti Computer Systems Nv is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Ferranti Computer Systems Nv
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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FERRANTI COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD
This company · 09869633

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
Ferranti Computer Systems Nv
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/11/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Wilberforce House
Station Road
London
NW4 4QE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

ALTIOS INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2020-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Ian Charles→
director · ~75y · appointed 2019-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELAQ BVBA→
corporate-director · appointed 2015-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRIPLE-J CONSULT BVBA→
corporate-director · appointed 2017-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRENGER INTERNATIONAL LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-11-12 · resigned 2020-10-31
Resigned
HURCOMB, Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-11-12 · resigned 2018-06-06
Resigned
ARKENIA BVBA→
corporate-director · appointed 2017-04-10 · resigned 2018-04-26
Resigned
FENS MANAGEMENT GROEP B.V.→
corporate-director · appointed 2015-11-12 · resigned 2016-09-01
Resigned
JUVACO BVBA→
corporate-director · appointed 2017-04-10 · resigned 2018-04-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2022-09-13
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2021-11-17