AGILE PROGRAMMES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

09413254 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-29

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 1 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	100	100

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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-10-17
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2024-10-03
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2023-10-13
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2022-10-25
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2021-11-01
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2021-01-29
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2019-10-28
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2018-10-29
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2017-10-18
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2016-09-21
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2016-05-03
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2015-04-30
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2015-04-29
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2015-04-28
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2015-04-14
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2015-01-29
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Company incorporated
As AGILE PROGRAMMES LIMITED
2015-01-29
➕
TURNER, Lesley Christine appointed
secretary
2015-01-29
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TURNER, Barry appointed
director
2015-01-29
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-01-29
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-01-29
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HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart appointed
director
2015-01-29
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HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart resigned
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Barry Turner Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2015-01-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

15 Birdwood Gardens

Chepstow

Monmouthshire

NP16 6UF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-13

Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TURNER, Lesley Christine→

secretary · appointed 2015-01-29

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Active

TURNER, Barry→

director · ~69y · appointed 2015-01-29

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Active

CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-01-29 · resigned 2015-01-29

Resigned

HARDBATTLE, Richard Stuart→

director · ~56y · appointed 2015-01-29 · resigned 2015-01-29

Resigned

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