4THQ LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04477812 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-04
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
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 86220Specialist medical practice activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-07-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-07-28➕MANN, Samantha Sujata appointeddirector
- 2002-07-04🏢Company incorporatedAs 4THQ LIMITED
- 2002-07-04➕MANN, Samantha Sujata appointedsecretary
- 2002-07-04➕MANN, Richard Alexander James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Richard Alexander James Mann Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54 | 75–100% | — | sig. influence75-100% shares · significant influence | 04/07/2016 |
Mrs Samantha Sujata Mann Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 04/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
10 Cromwell Avenue
Highgate London
N6 5HL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MANN, Samantha Sujata→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-07-04
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MANN, Richard Alexander James→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2002-07-04
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MANN, Samantha Sujata→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2010-07-28
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Recent filings (52 total)
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2025-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-12