4-XTRA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
13437162 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-03
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-85.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £85,604
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£60k
↓ 7.3% YoY
Net Worth
-£86k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£65k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £14.4k | £-165.7k |
| Current assets | £65.1k | £68.5k |
| Cash | £60.4k | £65.2k |
| Debtors | £4.7k | £3.3k |
| Net assets | £-85.6k | £-165.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 capital
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 capital
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
8
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 1 capital
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-16➕BOGACHEV, Leonid, Professor appointeddirector
- 2025-12-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-12-09➖GYARMATI-SZABO, Janos resigneddirector
- 2025-10-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-09-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-05-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-04-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-02-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-12-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-02-22➖POTTER, David Ian resigneddirector
- 2024-02-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-30➖DAY, Colin resigneddirector
- 2023-04-21➕DAY, Colin appointeddirector
- 2023-04-21➖DULEY, Andrew John Michael resigneddirector
- 2023-04-21➕GYARMATI-SZABO, Janos appointeddirector
- 2023-03-30➕POTTER, David Ian appointeddirector
- 2021-06-03🏢Company incorporatedAs 4-XTRA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- 2021-06-03➕MAIRAJ, Arshad Khawar, Dr appointeddirector
- 2021-06-03➕DULEY, Andrew John Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
University Of Leeds holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
University Of Leeds
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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4-XTRA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
This company · 13437162
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Janos Gyarmati-Szabo Individual · Hungarian · DOB 10/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/09/2022 |
University Of Leeds Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/06/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Professor Leonid Bogachevceased 27/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
Number 3 Acorn Business Park
Airedale Business Centre
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 2UE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
BOGACHEV, Leonid, Professor→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2025-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MAIRAJ, Arshad Khawar, Dr→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2021-06-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAY, Colin→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2023-04-21 · resigned 2023-11-30
DULEY, Andrew John Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2021-06-03 · resigned 2023-04-21
GYARMATI-SZABO, Janos→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2023-04-21 · resigned 2025-12-09
POTTER, David Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2023-03-30 · resigned 2024-02-22
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Recent filings (52 total)
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-05-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-12