4TRONIC LTD.

🌳Matureactive
09243245 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-01
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£753.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £753,672
Cash YoY
+635%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 635% YoY
Net Worth
£754k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 107% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£310k£621k£931k£1.2m£1.6mOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£759.1k£695.3k
Current assets£1.55M£749.6k
Cash£1.14M£154.5k
Debtors£416.6k£595.1k
Net assets£753.7k£678.7k

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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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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  2. 2025-07-24
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  3. 2024-07-30
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  4. 2023-07-04
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  5. 2022-07-29
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  6. 2021-07-29
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  7. 2020-09-01
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  8. 2019-07-30
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  9. 2018-06-13
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  10. 2017-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-02
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2016-12-02
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2016-11-29
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    SARGEANT, David resigned
    director
  14. 2016-10-12
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-10-12
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  16. 2016-10-07
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-06-17
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    SARGEANT, David appointed
    director
  18. 2014-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As 4TRONIC LTD.
  19. 2014-10-01
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    HAYWARD, Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2014-10-01
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    MCALLISTER, Brendan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brendan Mcallister
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ian Hayward
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

71-75 Shelton Street
London
WC2H 9JQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HAYWARD, Ian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-10-01
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Active
MCALLISTER, Brendan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-10-01
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Active
SARGEANT, David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-06-17 · resigned 2016-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
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2022-11-03
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accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-30