4LWM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07569385 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  3. 2025-03-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  4. 2025-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-01
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2022-02-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2020-05-07
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    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  16. 2020-03-31
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  17. 2020-03-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-03-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2020-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2016-05-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Metro Bank PLC
  21. 2011-03-18
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    Company incorporated
    As 4LWM LIMITED
  22. 2011-03-18
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Mark David appointed
    director
  23. 2011-03-18
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Melanie Jayne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

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

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4lwm Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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4LWM LIMITED
This company · 07569385

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
4lwm Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/03/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark David Andrewsceased 10/03/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

Lumaneri House Blythe Gate
Blythe Valley Park
Solihull
West Midlands
B90 8AH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDREWS, Mark David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-03-18
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Active
ANDREWS, Melanie Jayne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-03-18
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Metro Bank
Metro Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property13/05/201601/02/2022

Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-03-11
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-01