24TH AUGUST INC. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03528935 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-17

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

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book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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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

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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2025-12-19
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2024-09-02
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2023-09-04
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2022-09-05
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2021-12-22
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2020-11-02
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2020-01-24
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2019-01-16
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2018-01-23
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2017-01-20
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2016-05-07
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-22
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2015-03-25
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-06
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accounts · AA
2014-01-01
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ROWLES, Tanith Esther appointed
director
2006-09-12
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ROWLES, Tanith Esther appointed
secretary
2006-09-12
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JACKSON, Rebecca Susan resigned
secretary
1998-03-17
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Company incorporated
As 24TH AUGUST INC. LIMITED
1998-03-17
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ROWLES, Edward Justin Morton appointed
director
1998-03-17
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JACKSON, Rebecca Susan appointed
secretary
1998-03-17
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-17
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-17
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-03-17
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Mr Edward Justin Morton Rowles Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Tanith Ester Rowles Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-03-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

4 Old Stoke Road

Stoke Charity

Winchester

Hampshire

SO21 3PQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ROWLES, Tanith Esther→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-12

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Active

ROWLES, Edward Justin Morton→

director · ~56y · appointed 1998-03-17

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Active

ROWLES, Tanith Esther→

director · ~51y · appointed 2014-01-01

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Active

JACKSON, Rebecca Susan→

secretary · appointed 1998-03-17 · resigned 2006-09-12

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-17 · resigned 1998-03-17

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-17 · resigned 1998-03-17

Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-10

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP01CS01

2026-04-07