AIM 4 LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03899799 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-24

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 Mar 2026

Net worth

£466.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (77/100)

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

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £466,070

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£478k

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£466k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£492k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£466.2k	£413.2k
Current assets	£491.8k	£431.3k
Cash	£477.6k	£420.8k
Net assets	£466.1k	£413.2k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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accounts · AA
2025-05-05
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accounts · AA
2024-04-24
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accounts · AA
2023-06-08
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accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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officers · CH01
2020-06-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-25
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address · AD01
2020-06-11
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accounts · AA
2020-05-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-16
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accounts · AA
2019-01-02
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officers · AP03
2019-01-02
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officers · TM02
2019-01-01
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ARMSTRONG, Graham appointed
secretary
2019-01-01
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ARMISTEAD, Sandra Karen resigned
secretary
2018-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-08-01
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accounts · AA
2016-07-01
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ARMISTEAD, Sandra Karen appointed
secretary
2008-10-13
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ARMSTRONG, Graham resigned
secretary
2004-10-01
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ARMISTEAD, Sandra Karen resigned
secretary
2004-10-01
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ARMSTRONG, Graham appointed
secretary
1999-12-24
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Company incorporated
As AIM 4 LIMITED
1999-12-24
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ARMSTRONG, Christine Sonia appointed
director
1999-12-24
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ARMISTEAD, Sandra Karen appointed
secretary
1999-12-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-12-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-12-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-12-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Christine Sonia Armstrong Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-12-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

2 David Gardens

Sunderland

Tyne & Wear

SR6 9NG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ARMSTRONG, Graham→

secretary · appointed 2019-01-01

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Active

ARMSTRONG, Christine Sonia→

director · ~64y · appointed 1999-12-24

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Active

ARMISTEAD, Sandra Karen→

secretary · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2019-01-01

Resigned

ARMISTEAD, Sandra Karen→

secretary · appointed 1999-12-24 · resigned 2004-10-01

Resigned

ARMSTRONG, Graham→

secretary · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2008-10-13

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-24 · resigned 1999-12-24

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-24 · resigned 1999-12-24

Resigned

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