WEBWISE BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC264719 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62020Information technology consultancy activities
62090Other information technology service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£234.8k
Current assets	—	£265.7k
Cash	—	£162.9k
Debtors	—	£102.7k
Net assets	—	£234.8k
Average employees	300	—

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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2024-10-18
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2023-12-14
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2022-12-21
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2021-11-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-10
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accounts · AA
2019-12-18
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accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts · AA
2018-12-17
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2018-12-17
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2017-12-19
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accounts · AA
2017-07-12
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BROWN, Barbara Margaret appointed
director
2017-07-12
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BROWN, Barbara Margaret resigned
secretary
2017-07-12
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2017-07-12
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2017-01-20
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2017-01-20
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2004-03-10
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Company incorporated
As WEBWISE BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED
2004-03-10
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BROWN, Graeme appointed
director
2004-03-10
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BROWN, Barbara Margaret appointed
secretary
2004-03-10
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FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-03-10
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FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-03-10
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2004-03-10
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FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Barbara Margaret Brown Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	17/12/2018
Mr Graeme Brown Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/03/2017

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

Incorporated2004-03-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

West Auchenhean

Lochwinnoch

PA12 4DR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BROWN, Barbara Margaret→

director · ~61y · appointed 2017-07-12

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BROWN, Graeme→

director · ~62y · appointed 2004-03-10

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Active

BROWN, Barbara Margaret→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-10 · resigned 2017-07-12

Resigned

FIRSTSCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-10 · resigned 2004-03-10

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-03-10 · resigned 2004-03-10

Resigned

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