4MAC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05991141 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-07

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

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Company incorporated
As 4MAC LIMITED
2006-11-07
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MCINTOSH, Robert Paul appointed
secretary
2006-11-07
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MCINTOSH, Andrew John appointed
director
2006-11-07
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MCINTOSH, Colin Paul appointed
director
2006-11-07
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MCINTOSH, James Colin appointed
director
2006-11-07
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MCINTOSH, Robert Paul appointed
director
2006-11-07
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
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2006-11-07
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
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2006-11-07
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CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
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2006-11-07
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CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Paul Mcintosh Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	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

Incorporated2006-11-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1 Church Mews

Churchill Way

Macclesfield

Cheshire

SK11 6AY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

MCINTOSH, Robert Paul→

secretary · appointed 2006-11-07

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MCINTOSH, Andrew John→

director · ~44y · appointed 2006-11-07

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MCINTOSH, Colin Paul→

director · ~77y · appointed 2006-11-07

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Active

MCINTOSH, James Colin→

director · ~49y · appointed 2006-11-07

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Active

MCINTOSH, Robert Paul→

director · ~46y · appointed 2006-11-07

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Active

CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-07 · resigned 2006-11-07

Resigned

CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-07 · resigned 2006-11-07

Resigned

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