APPS4 WEB MEDIA LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10620067 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-15
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£775.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Web portals
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £775,815

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£776k
Current Assets
£2.1m
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Total assets£775.8k
Current assets£2.07M
Debtors£1.36M
Net assets£775.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-18
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2025-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-02-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-03-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-02-22
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    capital · SH02
  10. 2024-02-20
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  11. 2024-02-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-03-22
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    address · AD01
  14. 2023-02-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  15. 2022-12-16
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  16. 2021-11-02
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-10-12
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  18. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  19. 2021-10-04
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  20. 2021-10-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  21. 2021-09-28
    MCBRINN, Stephen appointed
    director
  22. 2021-09-28
    WINDSOR, Sophie Laura Egerton resigned
    director
  23. 2019-04-10
    WINDSOR, Sophie Laura Egerton appointed
    director
  24. 2017-02-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As APPS4 WEB MEDIA LIMITED
  25. 2017-02-15
    WINDSOR, Alex Dean appointed
    secretary
  26. 2017-02-15
    WINDSOR, Alex Dean appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

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

Saaw (Holdings) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Saaw (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
APPS4 WEB MEDIA LIMITED
This company · 10620067

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Mc Brinn
Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1985 · age 41
2550%
25-50% shares · firm interest18/09/2024
Saaw (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares13/02/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Sword Media Limitedceased 14/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Alex Dean Windsorceased 12/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2017-02-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63120 — Web portals

Registered office

Genesis Centre Office S20
Innovation Way
Stoke-On-Trent
ST6 4BF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WINDSOR, Alex Dean
secretary · appointed 2017-02-15
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Active
MCBRINN, Stephen
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-09-28
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Active
WINDSOR, Alex Dean
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-02-15
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Active
WINDSOR, Sophie Laura Egerton
director · ~37y · appointed 2019-04-10 · resigned 2021-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-19
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-26
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-02-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-27