4TL SOFTWARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04786450 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-04

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£1.12M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

132 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,119,103

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1.1m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£38

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.12M	£1.12M
Current assets	£38	£38
Net assets	£1.12M	£1.12M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2024-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-21
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
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address · AD01
2019-09-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-09-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-07-25
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capital · SH06
2019-07-25
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-07-25
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capital · SH03
2019-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2010-12-31
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KAMINSKI, Victor Frank resigned
director
2006-03-01
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KAMINSKI, Victor Frank appointed
director
2004-06-18
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DENSEM, Timothy Robert resigned
secretary
2004-05-10
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GRIFFITHS, David Edward Thomas resigned
director
2003-10-15
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HADDON, James Roger appointed
director
2003-10-15
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GRIFFITHS, David Edward Thomas appointed
director
2003-08-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-07-17
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TEMPLETON, Robert Ian appointed
secretary
2003-07-17
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TEMPLETON, Robert Ian appointed
director
2003-07-17
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DENSEM, Timothy Robert appointed
secretary
2003-07-17
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EVERSECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-17
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EVERDIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-06-04
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Company incorporated
As 4TL SOFTWARE LIMITED
2003-06-04
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EVERSECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-04
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EVERDIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Group structure

Kpsol Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Kpsol Limited

Corporate parent

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4TL SOFTWARE LIMITED

This company · 04786450

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kpsol Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	31/03/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Robert Ian Templetonceased 31/03/2018· significant influence

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

Incorporated2003-06-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

46 Hamilton Square

Birkenhead

Merseyside

CH41 5AR

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-18

Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

TEMPLETON, Robert Ian→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-17

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Active

HADDON, James Roger→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-10-15

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Active

TEMPLETON, Robert Ian→

director · ~85y · appointed 2003-07-17

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Active

DENSEM, Timothy Robert→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2004-06-18

Resigned

EVERSECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2003-07-17

Resigned

GRIFFITHS, David Edward Thomas→

director · ~74y · appointed 2003-10-15 · resigned 2004-05-10

Resigned

KAMINSKI, Victor Frank→

director · ~77y · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2010-12-31

Resigned

EVERDIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2003-07-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Debenture	1 property	20/08/2003	—

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