4DD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12531957 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-24
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-100
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
13 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £100
Low leverage
Liabilities are -100% of total assets — room for debt financing
Net assets shrinking
Down £200 YoY
Leverage
-100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£100
↓ 200% YoY
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities
-£100-£60-£20£20£60£100Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£100
Debtors£100£100
Net assets£-100£100

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4DD LIMITED
  8. 2020-03-24
    DAVIDIAN, David Michael appointed
    director
  9. 2020-03-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Michael Davidian
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting24/03/2020

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
Incorporated2020-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

42 Lytton Road
Barnet
Hertfordshire
EN5 5BY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIDIAN, David Michael
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-03-24
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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-03-24