Qualification of the five packet companies against ICP EP-05. No company retains on this evidence. Bright Software Group is the only candidate with an in-window event and goes to research. The other four reject.

```json
{
  "record_id": "EP-05",
  "as_of": "2026-09-23",
  "evidence_basis": "Supplied packet only (14 WebFetch extractions). No new discovery, no tools, no network.",
  "event_window": {"from": "2026-06-25", "through": "2026-09-23"},
  "candidates": [
    {
      "company": "Bright Software Group",
      "decision": "research",
      "ranking_bucket": "1 of 5: only candidate with a dated event inside the window",
      "business_fit": {
        "status": "fits",
        "evidence": "Accounting, payroll and compliance software for accountants and businesses in the UK and Ireland (FETCH-07, FETCH-08, FETCH-11). Product sold to businesses, not consumer-only, not a services firm.",
        "gap": "Ownership and listing status not disclosed on any fetched page (FETCH-07, FETCH-10, FETCH-11). Public-group exclusion cannot be confirmed or ruled out."
      },
      "headquarters": {
        "status": "meets, with a caveat",
        "evidence": "Head office stated as Unit 35 Duleek Business Park, Duleek, Co. Meath, Ireland (FETCH-11, first-party BrightPay page; FETCH-14 gives the same address).",
        "caveat": "Group about pages (FETCH-08, FETCH-10) list five offices without naming a headquarters. The HQ statement comes from a product-brand page, not the group site."
      },
      "size": {
        "status": "unknown",
        "evidence": "Only figure is an undated '80+' that refers to the BrightPay operation, not the whole group (FETCH-14). No dated group headcount on any page.",
        "rule_applied": "Undated, sub-entity count is not acceptable evidence. Headcount must not be inferred from office count or job listings."
      },
      "event": {
        "status": "in window, third-party dated, first-party corroboration undated",
        "evidence": "New office at Aura, Harrison Way, Leamington Spa, reported 2026-07-22 with a six-year lease and 'room for further recruitment' (FETCH-03). First-party about pages list Aura, 1 Harrison Way as a current office (FETCH-08, FETCH-10), while an older product page still lists a Warwick office instead (FETCH-11), consistent with a move.",
        "gap": "No dated first-party announcement found. Company news page returned 404 twice (FETCH-04, FETCH-13). Careers board shows no open roles and no sales hiring statement (FETCH-12). Article does not quantify hiring or mention sales roles."
      },
      "why_not_retain": "Retain requires a dated size proxy and official event evidence. Size is unknown and the event rests on trade press plus undated first-party office listings.",
      "why_not_reject": "Nothing in the packet contradicts a required criterion, and the event is fresh.",
      "next_step": "Find a dated first-party headcount statement (2025-09-24 or later), a first-party dated note on the Leamington Spa opening, and an ownership or listing statement. If all three land, move to retain."
    },
    {
      "company": "Fenergo",
      "decision": "reject",
      "ranking_bucket": "stale event",
      "business_fit": {"status": "fits on description", "evidence": "AI-powered client lifecycle management, KYC and AML software (FETCH-02). Ownership not stated."},
      "headquarters": {"status": "meets", "evidence": "Global HQ Dublin, Ireland (FETCH-02)."},
      "size": {"status": "unknown", "evidence": "Announcement says new roles will double domestic headcount but gives no baseline (FETCH-02). Not inferred."},
      "event": {
        "status": "stale and non-commercial",
        "evidence": "300 Ireland jobs announced 2025-07-03, published 2025-07-08 (FETCH-02). That is before 2026-06-25. Roles are engineering, product, AI, data and graduates, not sales or commercial."
      },
      "reason": "The only event in the packet is outside the 90-day window and is not a commercial hiring or commercial expansion event.",
      "next_step": "None under this ICP unless a new dated commercial event appears. Size band would also need checking before any future retain."
    },
    {
      "company": "Kappture",
      "decision": "reject",
      "ranking_bucket": "stale event, HQ unverified",
      "business_fit": {"status": "unclear", "evidence": "Software development hub with computer vision engineering roles (FETCH-06). No product description, no ownership information."},
      "headquarters": {"status": "unverified", "evidence": "Galway hub at The Portershed (FETCH-06). Packet review note states a hub is not automatically global headquarters."},
      "size": {"status": "unknown", "evidence": "Only figure is 20 new positions (FETCH-06), which is a job count, not headcount."},
      "event": {"status": "stale", "evidence": "20 jobs including commercial roles announced 2025-05-02 (FETCH-06). Outside window."},
      "reason": "Event predates the window by more than a year. Even if re-dated, HQ, size and business model are all unknown.",
      "next_step": "None under this ICP on current evidence."
    },
    {
      "company": "Summize",
      "decision": "reject",
      "ranking_bucket": "stale event",
      "business_fit": {"status": "not evidenced in packet", "evidence": "FETCH-01 names the company and a US subsidiary but the extract carries no product description or ownership detail."},
      "headquarters": {"status": "meets on description", "evidence": "Manchester described as the UK base (FETCH-01)."},
      "size": {"status": "unknown", "evidence": "No headcount figure. 'Several members of the team' relocating is not a count (FETCH-01)."},
      "event": {"status": "stale", "evidence": "Boston office and US subsidiary announced 2023-10-03 (FETCH-01). Nearly three years before the window."},
      "reason": "The only event evidence is a 2023 expansion. No in-window event, no size proxy, no business description in the packet.",
      "next_step": "None under this ICP unless a new dated event surfaces."
    },
    {
      "company": "Spyrosoft",
      "decision": "reject",
      "ranking_bucket": "business model excluded",
      "business_fit": {"status": "fails", "evidence": "Described as a services provider, Digital Engineering Augmentation services, acting as external technology partner to expand BBC teams (FETCH-05). ICP excludes pure services firms."},
      "headquarters": {"status": "unknown", "evidence": "Not specified in article (FETCH-05). Manchester is a new office, not stated as HQ."},
      "size": {"status": "unknown", "evidence": "Initial office staffing of 50 (FETCH-05) is a site figure, not company headcount, and undated."},
      "event": {"status": "stale", "evidence": "Manchester office reported 2024-03-14 (FETCH-05)."},
      "reason": "Services business model contradicts a required criterion. Event is also two years stale.",
      "next_step": "None."
    }
  ],
  "summary": {"retain": 0, "research": 1, "reject": 4},
  "best_candidate": "Bright Software Group",
  "outreach_status": "Drafts prepared for review only. Decision is research, not retain. Nothing is send-ready and nothing will be sent."
}
```

Email draft for Bright Software Group. Addressed to a role, not a person. Hold until research closes.

```
Subject: Leamington Spa and your next commercial hires

Hello,

I read that Bright opened a new office at Aura on Harrison Way in July, with a six-year lease and room for further recruitment. Congratulations on the move.

We work with UK and Irish B2B software companies that are adding capacity and want a steadier flow of qualified conversations for their sales team, without pulling engineers or product people off the roadmap.

If growing the commercial side of the Leamington Spa or Duleek offices is on your list this quarter, would a short call be useful? Happy to share how similar accounting and payroll software firms have approached it.

Best regards,
[Sender name]
[Company]
```

LinkedIn draft. Under 300 characters so it works as a connection note.

```
Hello. Saw the news on Bright's new Leamington Spa office and the plan to keep recruiting. We help UK and Irish B2B software teams build outbound pipeline as they scale. Would you be open to connecting? Happy to share what has worked for other accounting software firms.
```

Caveats that matter:

- **No retain is possible from this packet.** Bright lacks a dated group headcount and any first-party dated statement on the office opening. Both drafts assume research confirms a 50 to 1000 headcount and that the group is not publicly listed.
- **The office event is trade press.** The July 2026 date comes from thebusinessdesk.com. Bright's own site confirms the Aura address but gives no date, and the news page is a 404.
- **The 80+ figure is not usable.** It is undated and covers the BrightPay operation only. It should not appear in any pitch as a group size.
- **Ownership is a real gap, not a formality.** The ICP excludes publicly listed groups and no fetched page states Bright's structure either way.
- **Drafts reference only packet facts.** Office location, lease length, recruitment wording and the accounting and payroll software focus all trace to FETCH-03, FETCH-08 and FETCH-11. No names, titles or contact details were used or should be added without a fresh, permitted source.
- **The discovery run was interrupted** at the 600-second cap, so the five-company scope may be incomplete. This review covers only what was supplied.