I4DATA LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC311820 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-13
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£95.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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, 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £95,432
Cash YoY
+111%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£60k
↑ 111% YoY
Net Worth
£95k
↑ 339% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 90% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£19k£38k£57k£76k£95kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£95.4k£21.8k
Current assets£60.4k£31.8k
Cash£59.7k£28.3k
Debtors£650£3.4k
Net assets£95.4k£21.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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  2. 2024-11-04
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-16
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    HAYES, Katharine Ann appointed
    director
  4. 2024-01-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-01-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-01-16
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  7. 2023-10-17
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  8. 2022-12-12
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  9. 2021-08-12
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  10. 2020-12-23
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  11. 2019-09-17
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  12. 2018-09-21
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  13. 2017-11-13
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    address · AD01
  14. 2017-08-28
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  15. 2016-08-04
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  16. 2012-03-30
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    WARES, Olivia resigned
    secretary
  17. 2012-03-30
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    WARES, Olivia resigned
    director
  18. 2006-11-14
    ➕
    WARES, Olivia appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-11-14
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2006-11-14
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2006-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As I4DATA LTD
  22. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    WARES, John Angus appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    WARES, John Angus appointed
    director
  24. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    WARES, Olivia appointed
    director
  26. 2006-11-13
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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 Katharine Ann Hayes
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/01/2024
Mr John Wares
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/11/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

73 Stirling Business Centre
Wellgreen
Stirling
FK8 2DZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WARES, John Angus→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYES, Katharine Ann→
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARES, John Angus→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARES, Olivia→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2012-03-30
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2006-11-14
Resigned
WARES, Olivia→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2012-03-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-13 · resigned 2006-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
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accounts · AA
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23