ISYS COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC152595 · ltd · incorporated 1994-08-19
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees700800

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-08-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-08-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-01
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    address · AD01
  8. 2024-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2020-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-04-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  19. 2020-04-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2014-09-30
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    SMITH, David Winter resigned
    director
  21. 2000-01-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  22. 1999-08-01
    ➕
    SMITH, David Winter appointed
    director
  23. 1994-09-30
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Lesley Hart appointed
    secretary
  24. 1994-09-30
    ➕
    O NEILL, Kevin appointed
    director
  25. 1994-09-30
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Lesley Hart appointed
    director
  26. 1994-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ISYS COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED
  27. 1994-08-19
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1994-08-19
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1994-08-19
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  30. 1994-08-19
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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
Ms Lesley Hart Williamson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2017
Mr Kevin O Neill
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1994-08-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

129 Sandy Road
Renfrew
PA4 0BX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Lesley Hart→
secretary · appointed 1994-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O NEILL, Kevin→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, Lesley Hart→
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-08-19 · resigned 1994-08-19
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1994-08-19 · resigned 1994-08-19
Resigned
SMITH, David Winter→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-08-01 · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property28/01/2000—
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Recent filings (102 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28