42 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04341237 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-17

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74100Specialised design activities
74901Environmental consulting activities
74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.1y

80/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 21.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (6 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,037,154

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£1.04M	—
Average employees	7600	6200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-11-03
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officers · TM01
2025-10-31
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SMITH, Susan resigned
director
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-26
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LAWES, John Paul Frederick appointed
director
2025-03-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-19
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BROWN, Peter James, Dr appointed
director
2024-12-19
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officers · AP01
2024-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-13
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-04
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SMITH, Susan resigned
secretary
2022-11-04
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WILSON, David, Dr resigned
director
2022-11-01
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HARVEY, Christine, Dr appointed
director
2022-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
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officers · AP01
2022-07-19
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MACKAY, Alan William appointed
director
2021-12-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-16
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mortgage · MR01
2020-06-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-02-25
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BIDDLE, Howard William resigned
director
2020-01-13
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FLOYD, Christopher Gordon, Dr appointed
director
2019-09-11
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RHODES, Andrew Michael resigned
director
2019-05-15
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CAREY, Jeremy Nicholas resigned
director
2018-05-23
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RHODES, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2017-04-19
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CHAPMAN, Andrew David resigned
director
2014-01-01
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SPRATLEY, Jon Peter Frederick, Dr appointed
director
2014-01-01
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CAREY, Jeremy Nicholas appointed
director
2014-01-01
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CHAPMAN, Andrew David appointed
director
2014-01-01
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SMITH, Susan appointed
director
2010-04-01
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-09-11
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SMITH, Susan appointed
secretary
2008-09-11
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TUCKER, Susan Joanna resigned
secretary
2007-07-02
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O'FARRELL, David John resigned
secretary
2007-07-02
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TUCKER, Susan Joanna appointed
secretary
2006-09-11
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CAMPLING, Nicholas John resigned
director
2005-03-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2004-06-16
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WILSON, David, Dr appointed
director
2004-01-28
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CAMPLING, Christine Janet resigned
secretary
2004-01-28
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O'FARRELL, David John appointed
secretary
2002-01-01
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BIDDLE, Howard William appointed
director
2001-12-17
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Company incorporated
As 42 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
2001-12-17
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CAMPLING, Christine Janet appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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.)

Group structure

42 Technology Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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42 Technology Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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42 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

This company · 04341237

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
42 Technology Group Limited Corporate entity	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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated2001-12-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

Building 1020 Cambourne Park Science & Technology Campus

Cambourne

Cambridge

CB23 6DW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-17

Last: 2025-12-03