4PLINKS (UK) LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12434380 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-30
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£89.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of distribution holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.0y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £89,439
Cash YoY
+213%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£207k
↑ 213% YoY
Net Worth
£89k
↑ 134% YoY
Current Assets
£911k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £101.9k | £60.7k |
| Current assets | £911.1k | £553.6k |
| Cash | £206.9k | £66.2k |
| Debtors | £704.2k | £487.4k |
| Net assets | £89.4k | £38.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Marketfinance Limited
- 2022-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-30✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-02-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-01➕WANG, Siming appointeddirector
- 2022-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-16➕SPRING, Douglas appointeddirector
- 2021-04-16➕SPRING, Gareth Thomas appointeddirector
- 2021-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-04-15➖WANG, Siming resigneddirector
- 2020-12-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-08-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-05-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs 4PLINKS (UK) LTD
- 2020-01-30➕WANG, Siming appointeddirector
- 2020-01-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Siming Wang Individual · British · DOB 12/1986 · age 40 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/01/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64204 — Activities of distribution holding companies
Registered office
8 Brickfield Lane
Chandler's Ford
Eastleigh
SO53 4DP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
SPRING, Douglas→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-04-16
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SPRING, Gareth Thomas→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2021-04-16
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WANG, Siming→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2022-02-01
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WANG, Siming→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2020-01-30 · resigned 2021-04-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Marketfinance Marketfinance Limited | A registered charge | — | 29/06/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (23 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-14
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-05-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-28