4D NUMBERPLATES DIRECT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
13168790 · ltd · incorporated 2021-02-01
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-2.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 29320
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
25 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 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,325

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£2k
Current Assets
£1k
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k-£2k-£835-£91£654£1kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£-2.3k—
Current assets£1.4k—
Net assets£-2.3k—
Average employees—0

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
    ➖
    MURDEN, Joseph James resigned
    director
  2. 2026-03-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-09
    ➕
    HOLE, Simon David appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-09
    ➕
    MURDEN, Joseph James appointed
    director
  8. 2024-04-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-04-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2024-04-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-04-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-04-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2024-03-27
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2024-03-03
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2023-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-02-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-10-31
    ➖
    MURDEN, Joseph James resigned
    director
  19. 2021-10-31
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2021-10-31
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-10-11
    ➕
    GAINS, Kelly Louise appointed
    director
  22. 2021-10-11
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  23. 2021-10-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2021-02-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4D NUMBERPLATES DIRECT LTD
  25. 2021-02-01
    ➕
    MURDEN, Joseph James appointed
    director
  26. 2021-02-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Kelly Louise Gains
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
75–100%
25–50%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest11/10/2021
Mr Simon David Hole
Individual · British · DOB 02/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Joseph James Murdenceased 31/10/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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
Incorporated2021-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC29320 — SIC 29320

Registered office

Unit 1a Manners Industrial Estate
Shipley Court
Ilkeston
DE7 8EF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GAINS, Kelly Louise→
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLE, Simon David→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURDEN, Joseph James→
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-04-09 · resigned 2026-03-19
Resigned
MURDEN, Joseph James→
director · ~32y · appointed 2021-02-01 · resigned 2021-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-27
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12