AGILE SYSTEMS USA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14113065 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-17
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
65/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 65/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
65/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,731
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 6824% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↑ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£2k£5k£12k£19k£25k£32kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-1.7k£-25
Current assets£32.1k£30.2k
Cash£15.7k£30.2k
Debtors£16.4k
Net assets£-1.7k£-25

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
6
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-17
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2026-04-17
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-04-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-04-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2026-04-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2025-05-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-08-26
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2023-08-08
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2022-05-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AGILE SYSTEMS USA LTD
  12. 2022-05-17
    HUGHES, Mark William appointed
    director
  13. 2022-05-17
    JONES, Philip Rowland appointed
    director
  14. 2022-05-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-30

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-04-17: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Mwh Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
🏛️
Blji Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
AGILE SYSTEMS USA LTD
This company · 14113065

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mwh Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2026
Blji Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Mark William Hughesceased 06/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Philip Rowland Jonesceased 06/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2022-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

28 Momentum Place
Bamber Bridge
Preston
Lancashire
PR5 6EF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HUGHES, Mark William
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-05-17
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Active
JONES, Philip Rowland
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-05-17
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-17