4D MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05001507 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-22

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£139.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £138,959

Cash YoY

+96%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£218k

↑ 96% YoY

Net Worth

£139k

↑ 75% YoY

Current Assets

£273k

↑ 68% 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	£148.0k	£89.5k
Current assets	£273.3k	£162.8k
Cash	£217.9k	£110.9k
Debtors	£52.4k	£48.9k
Net assets	£139.0k	£79.4k

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

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-11
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2024-07-23
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2023-09-19
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accounts · AA
2022-09-12
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accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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accounts · AA
2020-09-21
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accounts · AA
2019-08-02
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accounts · AA
2018-09-19
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accounts · AA
2017-09-19
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accounts · AA
2016-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-14
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accounts · AA
2014-12-22
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-12-24
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annual-return · AR01
2003-12-22
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Company incorporated
As 4D MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED
2003-12-22
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FORD, Heather Rosemary appointed
secretary
2003-12-22
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FORD, Heather Rosemary appointed
director
2003-12-22
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FORD, Ivor William, Mr. appointed
director
2003-12-22
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-22
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-12-22
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-12-22
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr. Ivor William Ford Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Heather Rosemary Ford Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-12-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

30 The Park Pale, Tutbury

Burton-On-Trent

Staffordshire

DE13 9LB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-01

Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FORD, Heather Rosemary→

secretary · appointed 2003-12-22

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Active

FORD, Heather Rosemary→

director · ~67y · appointed 2003-12-22

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Active

FORD, Ivor William, Mr.→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-12-22

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-22 · resigned 2003-12-22

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-22 · resigned 2003-12-22

Resigned

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