4REALDIGITAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05628579 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-18
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
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  2. 2024-11-25
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  3. 2023-10-18
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  4. 2023-06-16
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  5. 2023-06-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-12-13
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  7. 2021-12-27
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  8. 2021-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-03-30
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-02-26
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  11. 2019-11-28
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  12. 2018-09-13
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  13. 2017-12-22
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  14. 2016-12-19
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  15. 2016-12-01
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-04-18
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    SCULLY, Terence Frederick resigned
    director
  17. 2012-12-01
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    SCULLY, Terence Frederick appointed
    director
  18. 2011-10-01
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    MOUNTFORD, Jennifer Susan appointed
    director
  19. 2011-10-01
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    SCULLY, Terence Frederick resigned
    director
  20. 2005-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As 4REALDIGITAL LIMITED
  21. 2005-11-18
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    GORDON, Martin appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-11-18
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    GORDON, Martin appointed
    director
  23. 2005-11-18
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    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-11-18
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    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-11-18
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    SCULLY, Terence Frederick appointed
    director
  26. 2005-11-18
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-11-18
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Gordon
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

16 Whittingham Road
North Shields
Tyne And Wear
NE30 3TB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GORDON, Martin→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORDON, Martin→
director · ~79y · appointed 2005-11-18
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Active
MOUNTFORD, Jennifer Susan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned
SCULLY, Terence Frederick→
director · ~94y · appointed 2012-12-01 · resigned 2016-04-18
Resigned
SCULLY, Terence Frederick→
director · ~94y · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2011-10-01
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-26