10DUKE SOFTWARE LTD.

💤Zombieactive
04499114 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-362.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £362,443
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.0m
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
-£362k
↓ 564% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£362k£945£364k£728k£1.1m£1.5mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-355.8k£-37.9k
Current assets£1.26M£1.45M
Cash£1.02M£1.19M
Debtors£243.1k£267.5k
Net assets£-362.4k£-54.6k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2025-04-30
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  4. 2024-04-02
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  5. 2023-04-11
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  6. 2022-04-26
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  7. 2021-04-27
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  8. 2020-12-03
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  9. 2020-12-03
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-12-01
    ➖
    REIDOCK, Niels Juergen resigned
    secretary
  11. 2020-12-01
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    VAKHARIA, Roger resigned
    director
  12. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-21
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  14. 2018-04-11
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  15. 2018-03-14
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  16. 2016-12-20
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  17. 2014-03-21
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    COOPER, Matthew Jonathan resigned
    director
  18. 2009-01-28
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    LEAVEY, Michael Peter resigned
    director
  19. 2007-05-25
    ➕
    COOPER, Matthew Jonathan appointed
    director
  20. 2007-02-28
    ➕
    VAKHARIA, Roger appointed
    director
  21. 2007-01-11
    ➕
    REIDOCK, Niels Juergen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-12-29
    ➖
    OUVRY, Josephine resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-12-29
    ➕
    LEAVEY, Michael Peter appointed
    director
  24. 2002-07-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 10DUKE SOFTWARE LTD.
  25. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    FENTON, Neil Mcleod Renninson appointed
    director
  26. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    OUVRY, Josephine appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-07-30
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2002-07-30
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

85 Bayham Street
London
NW1 0AG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

FENTON, Neil Mcleod Renninson→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OUVRY, Josephine→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2006-12-29
Resigned
REIDOCK, Niels Juergen→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-11 · resigned 2020-12-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2002-07-30
Resigned
COOPER, Matthew Jonathan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-05-25 · resigned 2014-03-21
Resigned
LEAVEY, Michael Peter→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-12-29 · resigned 2009-01-28
Resigned
VAKHARIA, Roger→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2020-12-01
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2002-07-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

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2026-03-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-12-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-03