4G GLOBAL LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10514123 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-07
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 closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 85
  • · Opportunity score: 69 → 77
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
  • · Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Opportunity score: 69 → 77
  • ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 85
  • ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-31
Average employees500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
7
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-15
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    SHREWSBURY, Guy resigned
    director
  3. 2026-05-15
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  4. 2026-05-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-05-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2026-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-01-17
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    withdrawal-of-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-from-the-public-register
    officers · EW02
  14. 2022-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-03-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-03-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2022-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-01-27
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    BUCKLOW, Natasha Jayne appointed
    director
  22. 2020-01-27
    ➕
    JELLIMAN, Michaela Louise appointed
    director
  23. 2020-01-27
    ➕
    SHREWSBURY, Karen appointed
    director
  24. 2017-03-17
    ➖
    BYE, Geoff resigned
    director
  25. 2017-03-15
    ➕
    SHREWSBURY, Guy appointed
    director
  26. 2017-03-02
    ➕
    SHREWSBURY, Guy appointed
    director
  27. 2016-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As 4G GLOBAL LTD
  28. 2016-12-07
    ➕
    BYE, Geoff appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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
Mrs Karen Shrewsbury
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2018
Mr Guy Shrewsbury
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/03/2017

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
Incorporated2016-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Unit 9 Prime Industrial Park, Shaftesbury Street
Derby
Derbyshire
DE23 8YB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BUCKLOW, Natasha Jayne→
director · ~33y · appointed 2020-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JELLIMAN, Michaela Louise→
director · ~37y · appointed 2020-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHREWSBURY, Guy→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHREWSBURY, Karen→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYE, Geoff→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-12-07 · resigned 2017-03-17
Resigned
SHREWSBURY, Guy→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-03-02 · resigned 2026-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-13
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-10-31
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29