4G UTILITIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

09181428 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-19

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£48.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £47,997

Cash YoY

-15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£25k

↓ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£48k

↑ 47% YoY

Current Assets

£71k

↓ 9.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£269.4k	£229.8k
Current assets	£71.4k	£78.8k
Cash	£25.3k	£29.6k
Debtors	£46.2k	£49.2k
Net assets	£48.0k	£32.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-06-12
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second-filing-change-details-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC04
2025-06-12
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second-filing-change-details-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC04
2025-05-27
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-23
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-23
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-23
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-23
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-22
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
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second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2025-05-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-19
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-08-19
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Company incorporated
As 4G UTILITIES LTD
2014-08-19
➕
GALLOP, John Paul appointed
director
2014-08-19
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GALLOP, Rebecca appointed
director

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
John Paul Gallop Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	08/09/2020
Rebecca Gallop Individual · British · DOB 06/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	08/09/2020

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-08-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Msb House

35 Websters Way

Rayleigh

Essex

SS6 8JQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-09

Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GALLOP, John Paul→

director · ~51y · appointed 2014-08-19

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Active

GALLOP, Rebecca→

director · ~50y · appointed 2014-08-19

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Active

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-04

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-25

legacy

miscellaneous · ANNOTATION

2025-06-19

second-filing-change-details-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC04

2025-06-12

second-filing-change-details-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC04

2025-06-12

second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date