4GLOBAL CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04574194 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-25
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 12.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£6.27M
year to Mar 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (88/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.6y

80/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £917,558

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31
Turnover£6.27M
Gross profit£4.59M
Operating profit£1.07M
Profit before tax£917.6k
Average employees2500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 mortgage
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-01-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Nighthawk Advisors LLP
  3. 2026-01-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-08-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-07-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-07-10
    JAMES, Ian resigned
    director
  7. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-11-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2024-10-31
    WOOLLER, Stuart appointed
    secretary
  10. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-01-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2021-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-07-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2021-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-06-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  18. 2021-03-18
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  19. 2021-03-18
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  20. 2021-03-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2021-03-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  22. 2021-02-11
    JAMES, Ian appointed
    director
  23. 2018-07-30
    BURROWS, Alexander resigned
    director
  24. 2016-08-08
    PALMER, Colin Donald King resigned
    director
  25. 2015-11-11
    MAZON, Elena resigned
    secretary
  26. 2015-04-01
    TOPRAKSEVEN, Utku appointed
    director
  27. 2015-04-01
    PALMER, Colin Donald King appointed
    director
  28. 2013-11-19
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 2012-07-18
    MAZON, Emily resigned
    secretary
  30. 2012-06-08
    MAZON, Elena appointed
    secretary
  31. 2012-06-08
    MAZON, Elena resigned
    director
  32. 2012-06-01
    BURROWS, Alexander appointed
    director
  33. 2012-05-14
    MAZON, Elena appointed
    director
  34. 2006-07-01
    MAZON, Emily appointed
    secretary
  35. 2006-07-01
    VILLEGAS-OSKARSSON, Ana Maria resigned
    secretary
  36. 2006-05-31
    OSKARSSON, Patrik resigned
    director
  37. 2002-10-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4GLOBAL CONSULTING LIMITED
  38. 2002-10-25
    MAZON, Eloy appointed
    director
  39. 2002-10-25
    OURY, Juliet Fiona appointed
    secretary
  40. 2002-10-25
    OURY, Juliet Fiona resigned
    secretary
  41. 2002-10-25
    VILLEGAS-OSKARSSON, Ana Maria appointed
    secretary
  42. 2002-10-25
    OSKARSSON, Patrik appointed
    director
  43. 2002-10-25
    OURY, Juliet Fiona appointed
    director
  44. 2002-10-25
    OURY, Juliet Fiona resigned
    director
  45. 2002-10-25
    WALSH, Allison Jane appointed
    director
  46. 2002-10-25
    WALSH, Allison Jane resigned
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • 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

4global Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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4global Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
4GLOBAL CONSULTING LIMITED
This company · 04574194

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
4global Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/11/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Eloy Mazonceased 11/11/2021· 50-75% shares
  • Elena Mazon Herasceased 16/03/2021· 25-50% shares

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Venture X, 5th Floor, Building 7 Chiswick Park
566 Chiswick High Road
Chiswick
London
W4 5YG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

WOOLLER, Stuart
secretary · appointed 2024-10-31
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Active
MAZON, Eloy
director · ~52y · appointed 2002-10-25
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Active
TOPRAKSEVEN, Utku
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-04-01
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Active
MAZON, Elena
secretary · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2015-11-11
Resigned
MAZON, Emily
secretary · appointed 2006-07-01 · resigned 2012-07-18
Resigned
OURY, Juliet Fiona
secretary · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned
VILLEGAS-OSKARSSON, Ana Maria
secretary · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2006-07-01
Resigned
BURROWS, Alexander
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-06-01 · resigned 2018-07-30
Resigned
JAMES, Ian
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-02-11 · resigned 2025-07-10
Resigned
MAZON, Elena
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-05-14 · resigned 2012-06-08
Resigned
OSKARSSON, Patrik
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2006-05-31
Resigned
OURY, Juliet Fiona
director · ~50y · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned
PALMER, Colin Donald King
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2016-08-08
Resigned
WALSH, Allison Jane
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-10-25 · resigned 2002-10-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Nighthawk Advisors
Nighthawk Advisors LLP
A registered charge1 property27/01/2026
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property19/11/2013
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Recent filings (114 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-01-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-01-18