4PS CONSULTING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12565974 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-21
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
16 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

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-07-01
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    HANNAY, Thomas Alfred resigned
    director
  4. 2024-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-02
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    HANNAY, Luke appointed
    director
  7. 2023-05-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-04-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2020-04-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 4PS CONSULTING LIMITED
  13. 2020-04-21
    ➕
    HANNAY, Adrian, Dr appointed
    director
  14. 2020-04-21
    ➕
    HANNAY, Alison Jane appointed
    director
  15. 2020-04-21
    ➕
    HANNAY, Thomas Alfred appointed
    director
  16. 2020-04-21
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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
Dr Adrian Hannay
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/04/2020
Mrs Alison Jane Hannay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/04/2020

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
Incorporated2020-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

15 Callas Rise
Wanborough
Swindon
SN4 0AQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HANNAY, Adrian, Dr→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-04-21
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Active
HANNAY, Alison Jane→
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-04-21
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Active
HANNAY, Luke→
director · ~22y · appointed 2023-05-02
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Active
HANNAY, Thomas Alfred→
director · ~25y · appointed 2020-04-21 · resigned 2024-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-04-27