4X4OVERLANDER LIMITED

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06983924 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-235.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £235,790
Cash YoY
+133%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£27k
↑ 133% YoY
Net Worth
-£236k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£270k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£236k-£114k£8k£130k£252k£374kSept 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-235.8k£-186.9k£-136.2k
Current assets£270.1k£341.1k£374.4k
Cash£27.3k£11.7k£32.8k
Debtors£16.0k£8.4k£12.3k
Net assets£-235.8k£-193.6k£-153.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-13
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  4. 2023-06-29
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  5. 2022-11-17
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  6. 2022-11-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-11-17
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-11-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2021-03-09
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  11. 2020-03-06
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  12. 2019-06-11
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  13. 2018-09-21
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  14. 2018-03-23
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  15. 2017-04-18
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  16. 2017-04-05
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    address · AD01
  17. 2009-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As 4X4OVERLANDER LIMITED
  18. 2009-08-06
    ➕
    BREW, Barbara Mary appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-08-06
    ➕
    BREW, Barbara Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2009-08-06
    ➕
    BREW, Brendan appointed
    director
  21. 2009-08-06
    ➕
    ROUND, Jonathon Charles appointed
    director
  22. 2009-08-06
    ➖
    ROUND, Jonathon Charles resigned
    director

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Barbara Mary Brew
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Brendan Brew
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Unit 4b Ladyship Business Park
Mill Lane
Halifax
HX3 6TA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BREW, Barbara Mary→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-06
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Active
BREW, Barbara Mary→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-08-06
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Active
BREW, Brendan→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-08-06
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Active
ROUND, Jonathon Charles→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-08-06 · resigned 2009-08-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-09