4WAY SUPPORT SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
05233154 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-16
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 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£834.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £834,658
Net assets shrinking
Down £196,192 YoY
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.0m
↑ 5.3% YoY
Net Worth
£835k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↓ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£364k£729k£1.1m£1.5m£1.8mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£904.8k£1.14M
Current assets£1.72M£1.82M
Cash£1.03M£976.0k
Debtors£695.9k£846.5k
Net assets£834.7k£1.03M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-06-12
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  3. 2023-06-12
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  4. 2023-02-02
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  5. 2023-02-02
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  6. 2022-06-16
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  7. 2022-05-09
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  8. 2021-06-24
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  9. 2020-07-22
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2020-07-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  11. 2020-04-20
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    capital · SH08
  12. 2020-04-06
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  13. 2019-06-13
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  14. 2018-06-20
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  15. 2017-09-26
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  16. 2015-12-04
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    ENGLAND, Stuart Michael appointed
    director
  17. 2004-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 4WAY SUPPORT SERVICES LTD
  18. 2004-09-16
    ➕
    SYNESI, Ariadne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-09-16
    ➕
    CHAMBOU, Panayiotis appointed
    director
  20. 2004-09-16
    ➕
    JARVIS, David appointed
    director
  21. 2004-09-16
    ➕
    KANARIS, Hector Pavlos appointed
    director
  22. 2004-09-16
    ➕
    SYNESI, Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2004-09-16
    ➕
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-09-16
    ➖
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-09-16
    ➕
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2004-09-16
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Group structure

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

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4way Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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4WAY SUPPORT SERVICES LTD
This company · 05233154

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
4way Group Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/11/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Synesiceased 01/11/2020· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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
Incorporated2004-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

4 Station Close
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 1TL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

SYNESI, Ariadne→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMBOU, Panayiotis→
director · ~50y · appointed 2004-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ENGLAND, Stuart Michael→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JARVIS, David→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KANARIS, Hector Pavlos→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SYNESI, Michael→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-16 · resigned 2004-09-16
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-09-16 · resigned 2004-09-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—14/07/2020—
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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-27