CBL SOFTWARE LTD

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16336998 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-24
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CBL SOFTWARE LTD
  2. 2025-03-24
    HEGARTY, Glenda Pryce appointed
    secretary
  3. 2025-03-24
    HEGARTY, Glenda Pryce appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-24
    HEGARTY, Nicholas Guy appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Compute (Bridgend) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Compute (Bridgend) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CBL SOFTWARE LTD
This company · 16336998

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
Compute (Bridgend) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/03/2025

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
Incorporated2025-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Fitzhamon Court
8 Merthyrmawr Road North
Bridgend
CF31 3NH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HEGARTY, Glenda Pryce
secretary · appointed 2025-03-24
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Active
HEGARTY, Glenda Pryce
director · ~83y · appointed 2025-03-24
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Active
HEGARTY, Nicholas Guy
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-03-24
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Active

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Recent filings (2 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-24