4:23 SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
03399598 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-07
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
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
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,268

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£45k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£33k£50k£66k£83kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£3.8k£7.3k
Current assets£45.2k£82.7k
Net assets£2.3k£1.5k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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  2. 2025-04-15
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  3. 2024-03-21
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  4. 2023-07-27
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  5. 2023-01-19
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  6. 2023-01-18
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  7. 2023-01-18
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  8. 2023-01-18
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  9. 2023-01-18
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  10. 2023-01-18
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  11. 2022-12-12
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  12. 2022-01-28
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  13. 2021-07-26
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  14. 2021-04-21
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  15. 2020-07-06
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  16. 2020-07-06
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  17. 2020-03-18
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  18. 2019-02-25
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  19. 2004-11-16
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    GARVEY, Joanne Kerry appointed
    director
  20. 1997-07-07
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    Company incorporated
    As 4:23 SOLUTIONS LTD
  21. 1997-07-07
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    GARVEY, Joanne Kerry appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-07-07
    ➕
    GARVEY, Ross Victor appointed
    director
  23. 1997-07-07
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-07-07
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Joanne Kerry Garvey
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Ross Victor Garvey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

4 Cornfield Terrace
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 4NN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GARVEY, Joanne Kerry→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-07
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Active
GARVEY, Joanne Kerry→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-11-16
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Active
GARVEY, Ross Victor→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-07 · resigned 1997-07-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

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2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25